Iriquois
Land
Central and South American Indians
Ways of Life
Potpourri
100
The most popular type of home for the Iriquois.
What is a longhouse?
100
People are believed to have crossed over this to get to North America.
What is land bridge?
100
They developed a counting system that used zero.
Who are the Mayans?
100
This way of life is the reason why many early people were able to settle in one place.
What is agriculture?
100
The most important natural resource for Plains native americans.
What is the buffalo?
200
This Iriquois nation had the largest cultural population.
What is the Mohawk?
200
This is the continent people who crossed the land bridge came from.
What is Asia?
200
The Mayan writing system (also used by other civilizations).
What is hieroglyphics?
200
These were often held to celebrate cultural or religious events.
What is a ceremony?
200
These were made from stretching animal skin over wooden poles.
What are teepees?
300
This is used to determine if Eastern Woodland people were Algonquian or Iriquois.
What is language spoken?
300
The movement of people.
What is migration.
300
The largest Mayan city.
What is Tikal?
300
Native Americans depended on this system to produce more goods (i.e. the hunter, the berry collector, the fisherman, etc.)
What is division of labor?
300
Homes built using adobe bricks.
What are pueblos?
400
Natural Resource most important to the Iriquois.
What are trees (wood)?
400
Used by arctic native people to build homes in the winter.
What is ice (blocks)?
400
This culture had a strong effect on the Mayan civilization.
What is the Olmec?
400
This depended on the available food supply and other natural resources.
What is the economy?
400
Scientists learn a great deal about a society from these.
What are artifacts?
500
This was set up to resolve conflicts.
What is Iriquois League?
500
Used by arctic native people to cover their homes in the summer.
What is sealskin or sod?
500
Olmec artifacts have been found all over this country.
What is Mexico?
500
The food source that caused Arctic native people to band together.
What is seal meat?
500
These two kinds of sea life were very important to Northwest Coast native americans?
What are salmon and whales?
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