2.3- Iroquois League

The Iroquois Confederacy was a politcial union of

• 6 nations

• 6 clans

• 6 sachems

• 6 clan mothers

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 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

The main job of the Great Council was to

• organize religious festivials

• decide the guilt or innocence of an accused person

• make laws for the confederacy

• perform marriage ceremonies

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

Deganawidah, who brought the Great Law of Peace to the Iroquois, is called the

• Peacegiver

• Peacemaker

• Peacekeeper

• Peacebringer

Where are the traditional lands of the Iroquois located?

• The Lake Ontario area (modern-day New York State)

• The Hudson Bay area (modern-day north Ontario)

• The Great Plains (modern-day Montana and Alberta)

• The northeast coast of Canada (modern-day Labrador)

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