Iroquois
What were the three staple crops of the Iroquois, and what were they called?
Corn, Beans, and Squash. The Three Sisters
Who in the clan owned the longhouses and crops?
Women
An animal that died out long ago
Extinct
What sport was created by Native Americans that is still played today?
Lacrosse
What side of the family did membership in a clan follow
What was the 6th Iroquois nation that joined the Five Nations in the early 1700’s?
Tuscarora
Why was there a hole in the roof of the center of the longhouses?
For smoke to escape
Early family members of present day- Native Americans
Ancestors
Name one place in New York State that is named after a Native American word.
Oswego, Manhattan, Otsego, Saratoga
What did Indian men use to make tools and weapons?
Animal bones and antlers
What are the 5 Iroquois tribes that made up the Five Nations?
Cayuga, Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida
About how many families lived in one longhouse?
About 20 families
The exchanging or buying and selling of goods
Trade
Where is a place you could go today to learn more about how Native Americans lived in the past?
Museum
What did Native Americans believe about things in nature?
That everything had a spirit, and they treated everything in nature with great respect.
What part of New York did the Iroquois live in?
Northern and Western
What did the Iroquois use from nature to build the frame of their longhouse?
Saplings
When something is hard to find, such as food in the winter
Scarce
What idea did the colonists take from the Native American council meetings of the confederacy?
Democracy
What's it called when a tribe splits up the work evenly among members of the tribe?
Division of Labor
Who convinced the Iroquois tribes to unite and form the Iroquois League?
Hiawatha and Deganawida
What is an idea, a belief, or a way of doing something that has been handed down from the past?
Tradition
The average time between the birth of parents and their children
Generation
What is the chunk of land set aside by the US government for Native American use called?
Reservation
What is the shared beliefs, practices, and languages of different groups of people called?
Culture