The Eastern Woodlands

Front

What is a wall made of sharpened tree trunks to protect a village from enemies or wild animals?

Back

palisade

Front

What is a method of clearing land for farming that includes cutting and burning of trees?

Back

slash-and-burn

Front

A ______________ is a round, bark-covered Native American shelter.

Back

wigwam

Front

A _________________ are beads made from cut and polished seashells used to keep record, send messages to other tribes, barter for goods, or give as gifts.

Back

wampum

Front

What is a long wooden building in which several related Iroquois families lived together?

Back

longhouse

Front

What is a loosely united group of governments working together called?

Back

confederation

Front

A __________ is a group that makes laws.

Back

council

Front

True or False?

The Eastern Woodlands people settled in villages.

Back

True

Front

What were the two main language tribes in the northeastern part of the Eastern Woodlands called?

Back

The Iroquois and the Algonquians

Front

What did an Algonquian village look like?

Back

There were about 10 to 20 round wigwams grouped around a village common, most of these villages were built around creeks, and most of these villages were built around rivers.