Lenape mix 1
What kind of foods did the early people hunt and gather?
Fruits, Fish, & Nuts
What are the 2 types of houses the Lenape built?
Wigwams and Longhouses
Items left behind by the Early People of NJ found by archaeologists are called what?
artifacts
What two big animals did the early people hunt?
Caribou, Mastodon
Some of the Lenape girls' jobs included ________.
grinding corn, cooking, making baskets, and caring for young children
What were the three main crops of the Lenape?
corn, beans, and squash
What shape were Wigwams?
Round
The land bridge people used to get to North America was called what?
Beringia
A person who studies artifacts to learn about the past is called ______
Archaeologist
How many groups of Lenape lived in NJ?
2- Munsee (North Jersey) & Unami (South Jersey)
By what year did the Lenape live throughout New Jersey?
By the 1600s
Several families or as many at 25 people.
The Lenape believe that manetu controlled the world. What is manetu?
spirits
An object made by people of the past is called ______
artifact
Some of the Lenape boys' jobs included ________
hunting, fishing, and making tools
Where did the Lenape get medicine from?
plants
What else were Longhouses used for?
Meeting place for people of the village.
The Lenape thought good manetu brought what?
good rain, harvest, and safe hunting
A person who moves from place to place in search of food is called ______
hunter-gatherer
What did the Lenape do for fun?
played games, played music, and danced
Why did the Lenape go to the Jersey Shore?
To collect clams and oysters.
What materials were used to build a wigwam?
saplings and tree bark
The Lenape thought bad manetu is what caused ______
stinging insects, thorns on berry bushes, and illness
The time before people left written history is _______
Pre-history
What is Oral Tradition?
Passing down information and stories of the tribe by word of mouth. Singing or storytelling.