Solar System
Haudenosaunee Culture
All of the stuff
Colonization
Mixing molecules
100

This is the only star in our solar system.

The sun

100

What were Haudenosaunee spiritual beliefs like?

Animism/everything has a spirit.

100

What do we call the stuff that everything is made of?

matter

100

What happened in the 1400s that made it possible for Spain and Portugal to sail to far away places?

They got technologies like lateen sails, compasses, astrolabes, and better maps and charts.

100

What nanoscale property causes two molecules to stick together?

attraction

200

True or false: the sun is the biggest star in the universe.

False.

200

What does the word "Haudenosaunee" mean?

People of the Longhouse

200

These are the smallest building blocks of matter.

Atoms

200

Why did Spain need a better route to Asia than just traveling East over land and sea?

It was too dangerous and too long, given that they only had wool to trade--which was available in Asia already. They needed a shorter, cheaper, safer route.

200

How can you tell when a solid substance is water soluble?

It mixes in completely. It does not leave sediments.

300

What time is it when the sun is directly overhead?

Noon (midday)

300

What were the three sisters?

corn, beans, and squash

300

These are made out of multiple atoms.

Molecules

300

Who sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage west? 

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand (of Spain).

300

What do you call a bunch of matter that is made up of more than one kind of molecule?

mixture

400

Why is the sun up sometimes but not other times?

The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours.

400

Tell me something important about clans.

Family group in which all members share a common ancestor. Clan mothers were the leaders. Each clan was represented by an animal. Clans were matrilineal--when a couple got married, the man became a member of his wife's clan, moved to live with them. Clans were represented in council meetings by a chief, selected by the clan mother.
400

Properties of ___________ exist at the _________, so they cannot be observed. Properties of _________, though, are observable.

molecules, nanoscale, substances

400

What was the name of the people that Columbus and his sailors encountered when they reached the Hispaniola (in the New World)?

the Taino.

400

Draw a model of what it looks like when two molecules are attracted to one another.

(should show two molecules connecting)

500

How far is the Earth from the Sun?

0.000016 light years

500

What are two aspects of Haudenosaunee government that the US government used as a model?

Three branches, three levels, representative government, making decisions through discussion and compromise.

500

What do you call a bunch of matter that is made up of only one kind of molecules?

substance

500
What is one way the Taino people persisted or resisted when Spain colonized the Caribbean?

fighting back, escaping to unoccupied land,  committing suicide, marrying Spanish conquistadors, maintaining traditional gardens & cooking, passing down stories and information about heritage (oral tradition)

500

When you mix two liquids, how can you tell if they are not attracted to each other?

They do not stay mixed. They separate.

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