Geography Vocabulary Review

study of the world’s natural environment and how people relate to it is known as

• culture

• geography

• biology

The belief that people first arrived in North America by crossing a "land" bridge from Asia is known as the Land Bridge Theory.

• True

• False

Iroquois Confederacy is_____________________________.

• representative government of the Iroquois; made up of sachems from all five tribes (Cayuga, Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk and Onondaga)

• government in which the people choose leaders to make decisions for them

A _______ is a set of beliefs and way of life that is special to a certain group.

• migrate
• culture
• irrigation
• religion

A longhouse was a __________ ___________ _____________

created by the Iroquios.

(a)  

Sachem was a chief elected by the _____________________.

• children of the tribe

• women of the tribe

• men of the tribe

Iroquois were a group of Native American tribes from

• New Jersey

• Massachusetts

• New York

Native American culture of the present-day northeastern United States

• Southern Woodlands Indians

• Northern Woodlands Indians

• Eastern Woodlands Indians

A representative government is where people choose leaders to make decisions for them

• true

• false