Lenape Lesson 4

Which was a job a Lenape boy might have?

• cooking

• gathering food

• hunting

• making baskets

How did the Lenape get to NJ?

• The Lenape crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.
• The Lenape traveled north in search of food.
• The Lenape traveled along roadways to reach NJ.
• The Lenape sailed across the Pacific Ocean.

Why was New Jersey a great place to settle?

• New Jersey has shopping malls and roadways.
• New Jersey has many natural resources such as rich soil, forests, a variety of water sources.
• New Jersey is a beautiful rainforest.

The Lenape lived in long, narrow buildings with curved roofs called....

• tepees

• apartments

• longhouses

true or false they wore animal skin

• true

• false

Many things people share, such as beliefs, languages, art, music, and food.

• Nation

• Culture

Who were the FARMERS in Lenape families?

• There were no farmers

• women

• children

Lenape Women and girls...

• hunted

• fished

• built the longhouses

• planted gardens and gathered food

Lenape often built their villages near....

• rivers, streams, and forests

• other phratries

• mountains

• large cities

The first farmers in our state settled the land about 3,000 years ago. Archaeologists called these people the

• Hunter-gathers

• Woodland Indians

• Susquehannock

• Lenape