Wampanoag Ch 2 check in

What does Wamponoag mean?

• "People of the corn"

• "People of the first light (or dawn)"

• "People of the land"

• "People of the sea"

What did clear rivers offer the Wampanoag people

• water for drinking, fishing, cooking, washing and traveling

• water for sailing the seas

• stories for the elders to share as legends

• heating up their longhouses

In the summer people lived in their__________

• wetu

• longhouses

• igloos

• mishoons

To build a wetu families used

• traps

• furs from deer, bears, and raccoons

• wood, saplings, bark, grasses

• corn, beans, and squash

In the winter families lived in _____________ with many relatives

• mishoons

• wetus

• longhouses

• preserves

Inside longhouses there is a hole above each fire for cooking. What is the hole in the roof used for?

• to take showers

• to allow for the smoke from fires to exit longhouses

• to capture fresh water for cooking

• to fish in

Why do the Wampanoag's hunt deer, bears, squirrels, beavers and raccoons in order to live?

• to both eat and to use their warm fur during cold winters

• to eat

• to use their fur for warmth

• to keep as pets

What happens when Wamponaogs have extra food or crops?

• They ship it overseas to Europe for money

• They take long journeys to trade meat and vegetables to far away tribes

• They preserve it which means to prepare it for later times and prevent spoilage. This way they have food for the winter.

• They feed it to the bears, deer, beavers and raccoons

Native Americans called their most important crops the 'three sisters'. The crops grew together and helped each other much the way family members did. What were they?

• Wild berries, healing herbs, and corn

• Cranberries, corn and tobacco

• Herring, eel, and sunflowers

• Corn, beans, and squash

The term 'Native' means

• born from a place

• prehistoric people

• relatives that live together

• the four seasons