Geography
Vocabulary
Native Americans
European Exploration
Misc.
100

What state do you live in?

What is New York?

100

What are the three sisters?

What are corn, beans, and squash?

100

What are the Five Nations?

What are Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Seneca, and Cayuga?
100

Who discovered the Hudson River while searching for the Northwest Passage?

Who is Henry Hudson?

100

What is the capital city of NY?

What is Albany?

200

What country do you live in?

What is the United States of America?

200

Algonquin beads made from the shells of clams and welks were known as?

What are wampums?

200

What tribe joined the Five Nations in 1722?

What is Tuscarora?

200

Who discovered Lake Champlain?

Who was Samuel de Champlain?

200

What is a landform?

What is any of the shapes that make up Earth’s surface?

300

What ocean is located on the Eastern side of the USA?

What ocean is located on the Western side of the USA?

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

What is the Pacific Ocean?

300

What is a natural resource?

What is something that is found in nature and can be used by people?

300

What tribe is where we live? (Think of the map)

What is Erie?

300

Wo discovered the Atlantic coastline from Florida to Newport, Rhode Island, and the New York Harbor?

Who is Giovanni da Verrazzano?

300

Slavery was originally brought to the New York region by the?

Who are the Dutch?

400

What country is located to the North of the USA?

What country is located to the South of the USA?

What is Canada?

What is Mexico?

400

What is a tributary?

What is the largest tributary in the Hudson River?

What is any river that flows into another, larger river?

What is the Mohawk River?

400

What is one difference in the type of clothing worn by the Iroquois and Algonquin?

What are there were several differences. The Iroquois wore moccasins while the Algonquin also wore fur lined boots. The Iroquois wore deerskin while the Algonquin wore dresses with removable sleeves. The Algonquin wore leggings; the Iroquois wore fur robes.

400

What explorer is celebrated on the second Monday of October?

Who is Christopher Columbus?

400

The new world gave what goods to Europe?

What are furs?

500

Why did Native Americans want to come to NY? (Think geography=the land)

What is all the bodies of water? They were able to fish, bathe, drink, and transport.

500

Iroquois women who selected men to be the tribal council leaders, owned the longhouses, and decided how the land would be used, were known as?

Who was a clan mother?

500

What was one way the environment and physical features of New York State impacted the lives of the Iroquois and the Algonquin?

What is they used the back of a turtle as a calendar; wood to construct canoes and long- houses; they were able to grow squash, beans, and corn because of the climate; they hunted animals and used their fur and skin for clothing, meat for food, etc.?

500

What was one negative impact of European exploration on Native Americans living in New York State?

What is the Europeans “bought” the land of Native Americans for beads and other goods and built fences around it so they Native Americans could no longer move freely. The Europeans brought diseases.

500

Europe gave the New World what goods?

What are manufactured goods?