Chapter 3 First People of New York

Most Native Americans in New York lived in_____

• Tents

• Teepees

• Cabins

• Longhouses

What does the word Iroquois mean?

• Keepers of the fire

• Keepers of the western door

• Rattlesnakes

• Keepers of the eastern door

When did people start farming in New York?

• More than 1,000 years ago

• About 200,000 years ago

• About 1 million years ago

• About 12,000 years ago

What does Hodenosaunee mean?

• Longhouse people

• People of the longhouse

• Longhouse residents

• People of the Iroquois

How do scientists think the first people arrive in North America?

• They flew on a plane

• They walked over a land bridge

• They didn’t come at all

• They came by boat

What did Deganawida and Hiawatha do?

• lead the people across the land bridge

• Lead the councils

• Chose the clan mothers

• Helped form the Iroquois Confederacy

What crops were known as the “Three Sisters”?

• Corn squash lettuce

• Squash beans corn

• Corn beans butter

• beans rice meat

A string of polished beads passed at council to show the speaker was truthful was called

• Wigwam

• Sachem

• Artifact

• Wampum

What was the role of the women?

• To care for the crops

• To set traps to catch food

• To make canoes

• To get water for the fire

What is the role of the men?

• to make the crops

• To hunt and fish

• To make pottery

• To cut down trees