Iroquois Confederacy

The actual name for the Iroquois people is

• Algonquins

• Cherokee

• Seminoles

• Haudenosaunee

The term Haudenosaunee means

• cave dwellers

• wind talkers

• people of the longhouse

• people of the pueblo

Which one of the following people or group of helped Deganawida come up with the idea to form the Iroquois Confederacy?

• clan mother

• Hiawatha

• 3 sisters

• Great Spirit

Which is an example of how the Iroquois used their environment for their survival

• using mud bricks to build pueblos

• using ice to build igloos

• using trees to build longhouses

• using palm leaves to build roofs

The Iroquois Confederacy was a politcial union of

• 6 nations

• 6 clans

• 6 sachems

• 6 clan mothers

The term confederacy means...

• a form of government where one person or group has all the power

• a form of government where there is a king or queen

• a form of government that contains city-states

• a form of government where many parts are joined together or unified

The primary reason the Iroquois formed a confederacy was to

• improve trade

• hunt more efficiently

• promote peace

• improve travel

Where would you most likely find artifacts of ancient Iroquois civilzation?

• California

• Minnesota

• New York

• Washington

Choosing leaders by voting is an example of

• representative democracy

• federalism

• checks and balances

• habeus corpus

When making a decision, a chief's most important consideration was

• the Great Law of Peace

• the wishes of the clan mother

• the will of his nation's people

• the needs of future generations