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Basic Needs
Settlements
Early People
Iroquois
Nat. Americans
100
The 3 main crops: "The 3 Sisters"
corn, beans, and squash.
100
Reasons for the Iroquois to move their settlements every 12 to 15 years
The soil wore out and firewood became scarce.
100
Scientists who study objects left by the early people to learn about their way of life
archaeologists
100
Name which means "People of the Longhouse"
Haudenosaunee
100
2 Native American groups who occupied the area that later became New York State
Iroquois and Algonquin
200
Name for the skins made into Iroquois clothing
buckskin
200
3 reason to be near water
transportation, fishing, drinking, cooking, and cleaning
200
Tools, weapons, and religious objects which provide clues about the lives of the early people of NY
artifacts
200
Keepers of the Western Door
Seneca
200
An Onondaga chief who helped organize the Iroquois League
Hiawatha
300
Group responsible for planting crops, gatherings berries, and choosing the chief (men, women, or children?)
women
300
3 reasons to be near forests
What is food, firewood, and shelter, tools, canoes, and weapons
300
The means by which the early people crossed from Asia to North America
a land bridge
300
"Keepers of the Eastern Door"
Mohawk
300
Emily Pauline Johnson
famous Mohawk poet
400
Way that a longhouse is like an apartment building
Both provide housing for many families.
400
Reason to be near good soil
farming
400
The means by which early people of NY met their survival needs
hunting and gathering
400
"Keepers of the Council Fire"
Onondaga
400
He convinced Native Americans to value their families and communities.
Handsome Lake
500
The longhouse is made of wood. This shows how the Iroquois used their (government, religion, or environment?)
environment
500
Name for the Iroquois family home
longhouse
500
People who move from place to place in search of food
nomads
500
Last tribe to join the Iroquois League
Tuscarora
500
He fought on the British side during the Revolutionary War, but later worked for peace with the new U.S. government
Red Jacket