Iroquois Nations
The Peacemaker
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Document Based Questions
The Birth of the
Haudenosaunee
Eagle Song
100
Name the five tribes?
Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk
100
What color is the peacemaker’s canoe?
white
100
What did the Iroquois use the peach pit for?
A peach pit game
100
How many chiefs joined the Iroquois Confederacy?
50
100
What city did Danny live in?
Brooklyn
200
What’s the clan mother’s job?
Picks the leaders
200
Who joined the peacemaker first on his journey?
Hiawatha
200
What kinds of clothes were made using buckskin?
men and women's summer clothing
200
What did they bury at the tree of peace?
They buried a hatchet
200
How does Danny know that Will is in a gang?
By the color of his sneakers and shoestrings.
300
Name the three sisters?
Corn squash and beans
300
Why was Hiawatha so sad?
His daughters died
300
Name one Natural resource used to build a longhouse.
rope bark wood sticks and twine (any of these answers)
300
What is at the top of the peace tree?
an eagle
300
What happened to Danny’s Father?
Danny’s father had an accident at work. He fell off the beam and cracked his ribs.
400
4. What tribe was the last to join the confederacy?
Tuscarora
400
Which one of the Iroquois was the last to cooperate with peace?
Tadadaho
400
What type of transportation was used to get around?
snow shoes ( looks like a tennis racket) sled canoes
400
Why was the Iroquois Confederacy formed?
there was fighting and great blood shed
400
4. Danny missed living on the “res”. The _____________ that he lived in was nothing like where he lived back home.
tenement
500
What year did the last nation join the confederacy?
1722
500
5. Describe Tadadaho
5. Snakes coming from his head and a curvy body.
500
what kind of clothes were made with porcupine quills?
deerskin leggings moccasins
500
What kind of belt did Hiawatha make at the great Council meeting?
a wampum belt
500
What animal did Danny see in his dream?
an eagle falling
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