Vocabulary
Mi’kmaq
Anishnabe
Haudenosaunee
Wildcard
100
First Peoples, the original peoples of a place.
Who are indigenous peoples?
100
How many districts were the Mi’kmaq organized into?
What is 7?
100
Name one of the lakes that The Anishinabe lived near.
Lake Huron, Lake Superior, or Lake Winnipeg
100
The type of home that the Haudenosaunee lived in.
What is a longhouse?
100
Respecting & valuing the opinions of all individuals & groups of people.
What is pluralism?
200
A way of life that is shared by a group of people.
What is culture?
200
Groups of respected people that chose and advised Mi’kmaq
leaders.
What is the Council of Elders?
200
This is the number of clans that were responsible for organizing Anishinabe society.
What is 7 clans?
200
One of the lakes that The Haudenosaunee lived near.
What is Lake Ontario or the St. Lawrence River.
200
Important ideas or beliefs about how people should live.
What is world view or core values?
300
Judging other cultures/ideas by personal values & standards.
What is ethnocentric?
300
A leader in Mi’kmaq society. Chosen and advised by councils of Elders.
Who are Saqamaws?
300
A leader of the Anishinabe.
Who is ogimauh?
300
This word means that the society was ruled by women.
What is Matrilineal?
300
The Huron people identified themselves by this name.
What is the Wendat?
400
Shell beads woven into belts or strings used to record treaties and other agreements among different nations
What is a wampum belt?
400
Why did the Mi'kmaq move with the seasons?
Seasonal movement allowed them to make the best use of the resources of their land. In summer, they fished and hunted sea mammals. In winter, they hunted animals of the
forest.
400
These were responsible for different parts of Anishinabe society.
What are clans?
400
It created a confederacy of five and eventually six
nations. It set down rules of government, in which each member nation of the confederacy had equal voice and status.
What is the Great Law of Peace?
400
Identify this Indigenous society.
What is the Inuit?
500
The Europeans renamed the Haudenosaunee by this name.
What is the Iroquois?
500
They advised Mi’kmaq communities where they could hunt, fish and set up their camps. It also managed relations with other First Nations.
What is the Grand Council?
500
Name one of the crops that the Anishinabe farmed for sustenance.
What are wild rice, corn, potatoes, and squash.
500
They were powerful people. They chose the Hoyaneh.
Who are Clan Mothers?
500
Identify this Indigenous society.
What is the Beothuk?