Native American Vocabulary

These people find items and study them to learn how people lived long ago.

• artifacts

• archeologists

• scientists

• geologists

Items made and used by people long ago

• archeologists

• artifacts

• natural resources

• longhouse

Some examples of artifacts made and used by Native Americans are: (choose all the correct answers)

• arrow heads

• toys

• pots

• metal knives

People who do not live in one place permanently they move with their food source.

• hunter-gatherers

• farmers

• nomads

• Native Americans

People who collect plants and kill animals for food.

• hunter-gatherers

• farmers

• nomads

• Native Americans

Things found in nature that we use

• archeologists

• artifacts

• natural resources

• longhouse

Examples of natural resources that Native Americans used are:(choose all the correct answers)

• wood

• water

• stones

• metal

Two groups of New York Native Americans were

• Iroquois

• Algonquin

• Cherokee

• Sioux

The Iroquois were a group of Native American nations. They were ______(choose all the correct answers)

• Seneca

• Cayuga

• Onondaga

• Oneida

• Mohawk

The five nations joined together to form the

• Iroquois League of Nations

• Algonquin League of Nations

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Algonquin Five Nations