Eastern Woodland (Iroquois)

According to many experts, how did the first wave of people arrive in the Americas?

• Taking a boat across the Pacific Ocean from what is now Japan
• Walking over a land bridge in what is now the Bering Strait
• ait C. Swimming across a channel separating modern Russia and Alaska
• Canoeing across the Atlantic Ocean from northern Africa

Which words describe the Eastern Woodlands region?

• Flat, grassy lands
• Rainy w/ rocky beaches and mountains
• Thick forests, 4 seasons, many rivers
• Hot, dry deserts w/ mesas

All Native Americans believed that everything in nature had what?

• A family
• No purpose
• A spirit
• Totem poles

Why did longhouses have openings in the top?

• So rain could get in
• To let smoke out
• To provide shelter for birds
• None of the above

All of the cultural groups have differences, but one thing is similar to them all.  What is it?

• They looked the same.
• They used environmental resources to survive.
• They spoke the same language.
• They all lived in longhouses.

Which of the following crops were essential to Native American agriculture?

• Beans, Cotton, Squash
• Beans, Squash, Corn
• Corn, Indigo, Pumpkins
• Rice, Corn, Squash

What types of transportation did the Native Americans use?

• buffalo jumping, canoes, and horses
• buffalo riding, walking and horses
• walking, canoes, and horses

Which of the following are Natural Resources.

• bow and arrow, fishing nets, farmer, hunter, potter
• tomahawk, awl, basket, medicine man, artisan
• soil, water, grasses, cotton, bark, adobe clay, trees

Native Americans made most of their clothes out of 

• leaves
• grass
• cotton
• animal skin

The name of this home in the Eastern Woodland Region is called:

• longhouse
• Pit-House
• Wigwam
• Plank House