NY State Geography
What is the capital of New York State?
Albany
A group of people with culture, industry, & science
Civilization
What is the study of climate and land features?
Geography
What type of house did the Algonquin live in?
What type of house did the Iroquois live in?
Algonquin - Wigwam
Iroquois- Longhouse
A way of life of a group of people?
Culture
Which two (2) Great Lakes border New York?
Erie and Ontario
Name three (3) early civilizations we studies
Aztec, Inca, Maya
Name the four (4) hemispheres
North
South
West
East
What did the Algonquin use to fertilize their crops?
Dead fish
Name three (3) signs that a tribe stayed in one place for a long time
Farms
Fences
Permanent homes
What is the terrain of New York?
Mountains & Forests
Explain the Bering Strait Land Bridge theory
- During Ice Age --> sea level dropped
- landbridge exposed
- Natives walked from Asia into North America
Which imaginary line runs at zero degrees latitude?
Which imaginary line runs at zero degrees longitude?
Equator (Latitude)
Prime Meridian (Longitude)
Why was the League of Iroquois created?
Strength, protection, & unity
Name 4 uses of the Buffalo AND which region relied on him?
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Tools & weapons
Name three (3) rivers in New York
Hudson
Mohawk
Delaware
What are three (3) reasons that Natives migrated?
- Food/water
- climate/shelter
- overpopulation/land
Name the seven (7) continents
North America South America
Asia Africa
Antarctica Europe
Australia
Specifically, why were the Iroquois & Algonquin fighting?
Over the territory near the Mohawk River Valley and Finger Lakes
Explain how the geography affected the seven different Native Americans cultural areas
Depend on the environment for resources
Must adapt to the environment around them
Name two (2) mountain ranges in New York AND what larger chain are they part of?
Catskills & Adirondack
Appalachian
Name four (4) ways the coming of the Europeans affected the lives of the Native Americans
Lost: land, rights, traditions
Death: disease, battle, alcohol
Enslavement
Wildlife destroyed
Name the four (4) major rivers that we labeled on our US map
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Name five (5) jobs that the Iroquois women had
Farming clothes
Children/discipline fish
government cook
Name the seven (7) regions in which Native Americans lived
1) Far North 5) Great Plains
2) Northwest Coast 6) Eastern Woodlands
3) Far West 7) Southeast
4) Southwest