VOCABULARY
A dome-shaped house made of a wood frame and covered with hides or woven reeds.
What is a wigwam?
A form of corn.
What is maize?
What kind of homes did Algonquians live in?
Wigwams
What kind of homes did the Haudenosaunee live in?
Longhouses
A government in which separate groups of people join together.
What is a confederation?
A group of related families.
What is a clan?
Algonquians built wigwams using these, such as wood, hides, or woven reeds.
Natural resources
Why did the Haudenosaunee NOT move from place to place?
They depended on farming (agriculture) for most of their food.
A long, narrow house that is home to many families.
What is a longhouse?
The way of life that people create for themselves and pass on to their children.
What is culture?
What did Algonquians depend on for some food?
Farming
Where did Haudenosaunee people settle?
In villages
Things from the environment that people use.
Answer: What are natural resources?
Scientists believe people first came to North America by moving across this from Asia.
What is a land bridge?
Why did Algonquians travel from place to place?
To follow animals they hunted, their main source of food.
Name one job Haudenosaunee men did
Hunted, fished, or chopped down trees used to build longhouses
Farming or growing plants.
What is agriculture?
A house type that is built using natural resources such as wood, hides, or woven reeds.
What is a wigwam?
Name one job Algonquian men did.
Hunted, fished, or trapped
Name one job Haudenosaunee women did.
Planted and harvested crops