Iroquois

How did the Iroquois live?

• Longhouse
• Teepee
• Hut
• House

Who was in charge of the whole longhouse clan?

• The women
• The men
• The oldest woman
• The oldest man

These people lived in a longhouse together

• Friends
• Women
• All family members
• Men

True or False: Nature was NOT important to the Iroquois

• True
• False

The Iroquois lived in what we call this state today

• New York
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Vermont

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

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