First Inhabitants
Iroquoian Territory
The village
Vocabulary
100

The year that the aboriginal people crossed over from Asia

What is 1500?

100

The body of water that flowed through the Iroquoian territory

What is the St.Lawrence river?

100

The name of the house that the Iroquoians built

What is a longhouse?

100

Something that is an advantage to you

What is an asset?

200

Family members who lived long ago

Who are ancestors?

200

The two great lakes that were inside Iroquoian territory

What are Lake Ontario and Lake Erie?

200

A group of families

What is a clan?

200

Something that is a disadvantage to you

What is a limitation?

300

Children and grandchildren of people who lived long ago.

Who are descendants?

300

To live in the same place for years

What is sedentary?

300

The animal protector of a people

What is a totem?

300

Meaning good for growing crops

What is fertile?

400

The area where the aboriginal people crossed from Asia to North America

What is Beringia?

400

A huge mass of ice

What is a glacier?

400

A group of longhouses belonging to different clans.

What is a village?

400

Something that falls from the clouds

What is precipitation?

500

People who travel from place to place

What are nomads?

500

The land where the Iroquoians lived

What are the St.Lawrence lowlands?

500

A group of people who share the same culture and traditions

What is a nation?

500

Meaning the weather over a period of time

What is climate?