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North America's First People
Lenape Food
Lenape Culture
Lenape Houses
Miscellaneous
100
What was a person called when they move from place to place?
Nomad
100
What is the planting and growing crops?
Agriculture
100
What word means a way of living?
Culture
100
What type of Lenape house was a rectangular shape?
Longhouse
100
What is another word that means searching for food?
Forage
200
Which pieces of evidence have scientists found about the first people to live in North America?
Stone Tools
200
How did agriculture change the lives of the early people of New Jersey?
They no longer needed to follow the herds of animals.
200
Name one event that the Lenape held a special ceremony for.
The Fall Harvest
200
How many families would live in a longhouse?
More than 1.
200
Who was Chief Oratam?
An admired Lenape sachem.
300
Why did the earliest people probably come to North America?
They were searching for food.
300
Name three ways that the Lenape got food.
hunting, fishing, farming, gathering
300
Who did the children receive rights to using land from?
Their mother
300
What type of Lenape house had a round shape?
Wigwam.
300
What was the name of the three main Lenape groups?
Munsee, Unami, Unalactigo
400
How did the earliest people in North America get their food?
Hunting.
400
How did the men provide for their families?
By hunting and fishing
400
What is the purpose of the Doll Dance?
To ask for good health.
400
What were Lenape houses made from?
Trees, branches, grass, etc.
400
How did the Lenape come to known as the Delaware?
Samuel Argail named it after the first governor of Virginia - Thomas West, Third Lord De La Warr.
500
According to some theories, where did the earliest people to settle in North America come from?
Asia
500
How did the Lenape preserve food?
By drying them out
500
Lenape made clothing from what animal?
Deer.
500
About how long could a longhouse be?
more than 100 feet
500
What are three ways Lenape life was different than ours today?
They had to search or grow their own food, their families moved based on the seasons, their clothing was made from animal skins