NYS Native American Test

The warrior who got tired of fighting and wanted peace for his people was___________________________.

• Hiawatha

• sachem

• wigwam

• Asia

The ancestors of New York’s native people came from the continent of____________________________.

• Algonquian

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

Stories, or_______________ were an important part of the Native American Indian culture.  They were passed on from generation to generation.

Answer explanation

The two major groups of Native American Indians who lived in New York were the _______________________and_______________________.

• sachem

• wigwam

• Algonquian

• Iroquois

• Hiawatha

Five Iroquois nations joined together to make peace and become strong.  They organized a form of government called the___________________________________.

• Hiawatha

• wigwam

• League of 5 Nations

• longhouse

• sachem

Native Americans lived together as a group of families with common ancestors called a _____________________________.

• sachem

• wigwam

• Hiawatha

• clan

The Iroquois lived in a _______________________________.

• teepee

• wigwam

• sachem

• longhouse

The Algonquins lived in a ____________________________.

• canoe

• teepee

• longhouse

• wigwam

A Native American Indian chief was called a _______________________.

• sachem

• Hiawatha

• wigwam

• longhouse

• Algonquian

The Native American Indians organized a government run by the people with representatives.  This type of government is called a _____________________________________________.

• Hiawatha

• wigwam

• democracy

• longhouse

• clan sachem