Vocab
animal skins often made into clothing, shoes, or blankets
hide
a form of corn
maize
what did men use water for?
2 answers
fishing
trading
what are 3 natural resources ?
Water, Animals, Plants/ land
what did the women use the land for?
gathered wild foods "the three sisters"
the head mother of the clan
a narrow house; home to many families sharing a fireplace
longhouse
what did men use wood for?
building longhouses, canoes and palisades
what were animals used for?
(list 3 things)
Food
hides for clothing
bones for weapons
emblem/ symbol
what did the women use the animals for?
used their hides to sew clothing and moccasins
the chief, or male leader of a group
important crops including maize, squash, and beans
the 3 sisters
what did the men do to the land?
farmed it by girdling trees using stone axes
what was the land/ plants used for?
(list 3 reasons)
woodlands - building longhouses, canoes
planting the 3 sisters
bark from trees- baskets
grasses/ cornhusks- baskets
stone axes
what did the women use clay for?
making pottery
belts made from shells that tell a story, or are used for trade
wampum
a large group of relatives, members belonged to it for life
clan
If the village did not have what they needed, what did the men do?
traded with other clans
what was water used for?
(list 3 reasons)
drinking
bathing
travel by boat
cooking (boiling)
fishing
what did the women use grasses, woodstrips, cornhusks and bark for?
wove baskets and mats and made barrels
a group of Iroquois elected by women to solve problems
council
objects made by people from long ago
artifacts
why were men proud of being great warriors?
who did they protect?
defended and protected the women, children, and older people
where would the Iroquois choose to build their longhouse village .... near what?
if they didn't have natural resources, where would they get it?
a water source and near woodlands
they would trade with other clans
the women were the __________ and ____________ of the longhouse village !
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