Roles
Decision Making
Government Structure
Definitions
100
Acted as chiefs.
What is Iroquois men?
100
The Iroquois made decisions using majority rule.
What is false?
100
Removed chiefs if they were not following the Great Law of Peace.
What is Clan Mother?
100
The name the Iroquois called themselves.
What is Haudenosaunee.
200
Ensured all decisions made by the grand council agreed with the Great Law of Peace.
What is Clan Mother?
200
Requires people to be open-minded, listen, and think deeply.
What is consensus?
200
Made up of 50 chiefs from each of the 5 nations of the confederacy.
What is the Grand Council?
200
A large group of families who are related to each other.
What is clan.
300
Organized and participated in hunting and fishing.
What is Iroquois men.
300
All people affected by the decision have an equal voice.
What is true?
300

This democratic principle is shown when Haudenosaunee leaders listen to many voices before making decisions.

What is Representation?

300

The Haudenosaunee traditionally lived in these large homes that housed many family members.

What are longhouses?

400
Raised the main food supply of the Iroquois (corn, beans, and squash).
What is Iroquois women?
400
Ancient Athens and the Iroquois had many similarities in their decision making?
What is false.
400
Name the 6 nations

Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora

400

This important agreement united the Haudenosaunee nations and created rules for peace and decision-making.

What is the Great Law of Peace?

500
Head of Iroquois clans.
What is Iroquois women?
500
The Tuscarora had a voice within the Grand Council. 100 Bonus points for explaining who the Tuscarora were.
What is true. They were the 6th nation to join the Iroquois Confederacy.
500

They carefully watched over Grand Council discussions and made sure that all voices were heard and treated respectfully.

What is Clan Mothers?

500

This symbol represents the unity of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and shows the connected nations.

What is the Hiawatha Belt?

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