NY Native Americans

Where did the Iroquois tribes live?

• Southeastern NY
• Central and Western NY
• Maine
• Long Island

What type of house did Iroquois live in?

• Igloo
• teepee
• longhouse
• wigwam

What does Haudenosaunee mean?

• birchbark canoe
• an Iroquois tribe
• People of the Longhouse
• "Hello" in Iroquois

What are the three sisters?

• corn, beans and squash
• rice, corn and potatoes
• corn, carrots and celery
• squash, beans, carrots

Where did Algonquian tribes live?

• Northern NY
• Southeastern Canada
• Western NY
• Southeastern NY

What items helps archaeologists learn about how Native Americans lived in the past?

• writings
• artifacts
• sachems
• palisades

What is a palisade?

• a stone wall
• another name for wigwam
• a wall made out of tall wooden poles
• a type of canoe

What word means another name for farming?

• agriculture
• palisade
• sachem
• wampum

A group of Native American families with a common ancestor is called a _______________?

• tribe
• clan
• ancestor
• sachem

A story handed down by a group of people over time is a ____________?

• fairy tale
• legend
• short story
• generation