Vocabulary
Things found in nature that people found a use for.
What is natural resources.
How did the early Native Americans cross to North America?
What is the Bering Strait Land Bridge.
The Algonquians built and lived in these huts made of tree branches and bark.
What is a wigwam.
The Iroquois built and lived in this long, wooden structure.
What is a longhouse.
Describe how the Native Americans, specifically the Algonquians, valued the environment.
What is the Native Americans valued the environment.
- by not over farming one area and often moved around to do so.
- Native Americans used all parts of their natural resources to avoid wasting any part.
- Native Americans also believed the environment was connected spiritually.
Beads made from shells, used for trade and other purposes like sending messages, jewelry and money.
What is a wampum.
The earliest settlers probably came to America to...
What is to find food.
The Algonquians traveled by what means.
What is in birch-bark canoes on rivers and on foot along trails in the woods.
What is the Five Nations.
Compare and Contrast the Iroquois and the Algonquians
Compare:
-Lived in NY
-Built villages in the forest
-hunted in the forest and cleared areas to farm
Contrast:
-spoke different languages and lived in different areas of NY (east and west)
A group of families who share the same ancestors.
What is a clan.
DAILY DOUBLE
What made New York State an ideal settlement for Native Americans?
What is geographic location and ample natural resources like trees, bodies of water, animals.
an Algonquian meeting held to solve a problem or make a decision.
What is a powwow.
The group of trails that connected the Iroquois nations across New York.
What is the Iroquois Trail
Describe the different jobs Native American men and women had.
Men-- hunting and fishing, clearing land to farm, building tools and canoes.
Women-- growing and harvesting crops, cooking,
A strangely shaped tree that was purposely bent by early Native Americans as a way to mark a path through the woods.
What is a sapling.
The early people of New York used their natural resources to meet their needs by...
What is
-Hunting animals
-Using wood for building
-Fishing in streams and lakes.
The values of the Algonquians can be summed up in these two words:
What is sharing and caring.
Bonus if you describe how they did...
DAILY DOUBLE
Corn, beans and squash were very important crops for the Iroquois. They called these important crops....
What is the Three Sisters.
Explain how and why the Iroquois League and how it effected the people.
What is:
-Deganawidah walked to spread peace among the nations.
-5 arrows is stronger than 1.
-Brought the Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Seneca together.
An area of land reserved for a tribe or tribes of Native Americans.
What is a reservation.
Describe the different games Native American children played.
Name and explain the "rite of passage" an Algonquian boy would complete around age 12.
What is a vision quest.
The boy had to sit for days in the wild without food waiting for his spirit helper, a manitous, to come to him in a spirit dream.
A leader of a group of a Native American village.
What is a sachem.
Deganawidah and the leaders of the Iroquois created this set of rules and laws to maintain peace and equality among nations.
What is the Great Law of Peace.