Vocab
league
group of people who joined together for a common goal
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Seneca
How did the earliest people probably travel to reach North America?
By foot across across the Bering Strait land bridge
wampum made from
shells
how have archaeologists learned about early life in New York?
By studying artifacts such as spear points
reservation
land that is set aside by the United States government for Native Americans to use
2
Cayuga
What are the customs and history of a group of people called?
Heritage
wampum uses (5)
jewelry, peace treaty, symbol of friendship, record keeping, story telling (5)
prehistory definition
time before written records
council
group of people who meet to talk and make decisions
3
Onondaga
What is not an example of how early people of New York used natural resources to meet their needs?
a. they hunted forest animals
b. they developed written communication
c. they used wood for building homes
d. they fished in streams and rivers
B. they developed written communication
what is a hunter-gatherer?
people who find food bothy by hunting animals and by gathering plants
artifact definition
object made by people who lived in the past
sachem
a council member of the Iroqouis league
4
Oneida
What is an important way that farming changed the lives of early New Yorkers?
People stayed in one place longer and built villages
diet of hunter-gatherer
meat, fish, roots, nuts
example of artifact
fossil
agriculture
a member of a family who lived in the past
5
Mowhawk
names of two large Native American groups who lived in New York
Iroquois and Algonquian
Why did the Iroquois call themselves "the people of the longhouse?"
Iroquois families lied in wooden buildings called longhouses
what are the three sisters?
corn, beans, squash