Vocabulary
What is a palisade?
A fence to protect a Native American village
Algonquians do the most hunting in which season?
Autumn
Iroquois families lived together in this structure.
What material was used to cover the longhouse?
Bark
A group of families who share the same ancestor is called ________
A clan
What is a longhouse?
Long wooden shelter holding up to 50 people. The Iroquois lived in shelters called longhouses.
Native Americans invented farming tools to help them practice agriculture.For example,they invented the hoe. What is agriculture?
Farming
Families that lived together were members of a _____
Clan
What was the purpose of the palisades?
Fences/protection
Land set aside for Native Americans is called a
Reservation
The beliefs and customs of a group of people is called _______
Culture
Which shelter did Algonquians live in?
Wigwams
Who was responsible for picking the chiefs?
Clan mothers
Sketch a longhouse and label the cooking area
Answers vary
The people of the Eastern Woodlands area were divided into the Iroquois and the Algonquian based on their different ____________
Languages
A member of the Great Council of the Iroquois League is called ____________
A sachem
What are two ways that Native Americans used their natural resources to survive?
Answers vary, teacher will evaluate responses
Which sport did the Iroquois contribute to our culture?
Lacrosse
Why might a Native American tribe choose to settle near a body of water such as a river?
The first Americans were Hunter Gatherers. What are hunter gatherers?
People who hunted animals and gathered plants for food
The story of things that happened over time is called __________
History
Men and women had different roles in Native American communities. Name two jobs for men and two jobs for women.
Men: fishing, hunting
Women: making clothing, gathering crops
Other answers acceptable
What were the original 5 tribes which made up the Iroquois League?
Seneca, Onondago, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk
The Iroquois got most of their food from farming. What were the three crops they mainly farmed?
Corn, beans and squash
Why was the Iroquois League formed?
To bring peace to the tribes because they had been warring for a long time.