Early Exploration and American Indian Tribes Vocab Quiz

Match the following

• Cahokia

• oral constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy that was adopted as a means to live together as equals

• Great Law of Peace

• largest mound settlement of the Mississippian Indians

• Totem Pole

• feast involving giving away or destroying valuable items to demonstrate a leader's wealth

• potlatch

• large art pieces of the Pacific Northwest people to commemorate ancestors and legends

• longhouse

• Iroquois building covered with animal skins that as many as 20 families could live in

Which of the following is NOT one of the Three Sisters?

• beans

• corn

• soy

• squash

Match the following

• expedition

• a journey made for a special purpose

• trade routes

• waterways, paths, and trails that traders used to move goods for exchange from one place to another

• voyage

• a long journey involving travel by sea or in space

A group of people who leave their native country to form communities in a new land that is owned and controlled by their native country

• colonies

• conquistadors

• settlers

A group of people who leave their native country to form communities in a new land that is owned and controlled by their native country

• colonies

• conquistadors

• settlers

a Spanish conqueror of the Americas

• colonies

• conquistadors

• settlers

a Spanish conqueror of the Americas

• colonies

• conquistadors

• settlers

people who travel to little known area and make a home

• colonies

• conquistadors

• settlers

​ ​ The study of the Earth's surface is ​ ​ (a)  

​ (b)   is the science of planning and following a route when travelling

The goods carried by a ship, airplane, or other source of transportation are ​ (c)  

• geography
• navigation
• cargo