Vocabulary
Algonquians
Haudenosaunee
Lenape
Great Law of Peace
100
Another term for farming, cultivating crops
What is agriculture?
100
Algonquian home made by fastening mats, skins, or bark over a framework of poles
What is a wigwam?
100
A long, narrow house home to many families
What is a longhouse?
100
Munsee, Unalachtigo, Unami
What are the three Lenape clans?
100
The founder of The Great Law of Peace
Who is Dekanawidah?
200
The way of life people create for themselves and pass on to their children
What is culture?
200
Used by Algonquians to travel and trade with other Native Americans
What are canoes?
200
The Algonquians moved around whereas the Haudenosaunee settled in ___________.
What are villages?
200
How a Lenape village was governed
What are sachems chosen by the oldest woman in the village and a council of men?
200
The purpose of the Iroquois Constitution.
What is peace among the five nations?
300
Anything from the environment that people can utilize
What are natural resources?
300
In this season, Algonquians camped near rivers or lake vs. In this season, Algonquians moved around to follow their food source
What is summer vs. winter?
300
Primary food source for the Haudenosaunee
What are the Three Sisters (maize, beans, and squash)?
300
Beads made of shells used in ceremonies, as gifts, or money
What is wampum?
300
Symbolized the strength and unity of the five nations together
What are the arrows?
400
A way of life that has been followed for a long time
What is tradition?
400
Hunting, fishing, trapping vs. Caring for children, building wigwams, preparing food, making clothing, mats, and tools
What are men's and women's roles?
400
This affected the natural resources Native Americans relied on to survive.
What is geography?
400
The Lenape farming method of burning fields to clear them at the end of each harvest that forced Lenape to move often in search of new land.
What is the slash-and-burn method?
400
The meeting place of the leaders of the 5 Nations
What is the Tree of Great Peace/Tree of the Great Long Leaves?
500
Confederation
What is a type of government in which separate groups of people join together, but local leaders still have power?
500
Animals and fish used for food; furs and hides used for clothing; bones used as tools
What is the Algonquian use of natural resources?
500
Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida and Onondaga. Later the Tuscorora joined.
What is the Haudenosaunee League (5/6 Nations)?
500
Demonstrated by the Walum Olum and the Native American way of using storytelling to pass on legends and history.
What is a strong oral tradition?
500
Significance of The Iroquois Constitution on our current government
What is the earliest form of democracy?
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