Vocabulary
Native American Characteristics
Iroquois
Important People
Miscellaneous
100
What was the structure that was the center of Iroquois life?
The Long House
100
What Native American groups lived in a Mesa?
Anasazi
100
T/F Women were considered less important than men.
False
100
What was the name of of the group that walked across the Bering Strait?
Hunters
100
Name one way that the Iroquois cooperated.
1.Lived together as one group in a long house 2.men and women share work 3.respect for nature 4.five tribes from one nation 5.nation ruled by council
200
What is the name of the Indian ceremony in which extra wealth is given away?
Potlatch
200
This Native American group settled near a river, which allowed for trade.
The Mississippians.
200
What happenedd after the Great Council was created? Peace or War?
Peace among the 5 nations
200
Hiawatha was the chief of what Native America group?
The Mohawks
200
What did the five tribes of the Iroquois Nation gain by joining together?
Reduced war among themselves.
300
What is the planting and harvesting of crops?
Agriculture.
300
This Native American group live in what is Alabama and Georgia today.
Creek
300
Explain the Great Council in your own words.
The council brought an end to the wars and other fights among the Iroquois people.
300
The hunters may have been the ancestors of the people we now call....
Native Americas
300
What happened to American Indian groups as a result of the discovery of agriculture?
American Indian Groups grew in number and they could settle in one place.
400
What is a group of societies united for a common goal?
A Confederation.
400
Which Indian Culture held a ceremony each year to honor the salmon?
Makah
400
T/F The Iroquois believed that every part of nature had its own spirt. Give an example.
True-they did not waste any materials.
400
Give an example of how American Indians valued their relationship with nature.
Anasazi: held rain dances Makah: believed salmon gave up its life to feed them so they held yearly ceremony to honor salmon Creek- Green Corn Dance held after harvest to celebrate hope and peace with nature Iroquois: believed a person should only take what was needed from nature.
500
What is a large body of ice moving slowly across land?
Glacier
500
The Mississippians built a town around a mound. What was the name of that town?
Cahokia
500
What was the name of the man who convinced the Iroquois Nations to unite?
Hiawatha
500
Explain the importance of the Green Corn Dance to the Creeks.
Green Corn Dance:people vowed to live in peace for coming year; celebration of hope and living in harmony with nature
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