The Eastern Woodlands

True or False?

The Eastern Woodlands people settled in villages.

• True

• False

What was an important food source to the Algonquians in the winter when crops would not grow?

• Water

• Fish

• Plants

• Fruits

Decisions that involved all the tribes, such as war and tribe, were decided by the __________________.

• Great Council

• The Iroquois

• The Woodland People

• The Chief

What is a loosely united group of governments working together called?

• slash-and-burn

• palisade

• council

• confederation

Five of the largest Iroquois tribes, were known as the ________________.

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Woodlands

• New York

• Five Nations

A __________ is a group that makes laws.

• confederation

• wampum

• council

Animal skins stretched over poles create what type of shelter?

• Tepees

• Lean-toos

• adobe

• wigwams

What is a method of clearing land for farming that includes cutting and burning of trees?

• palisade

• longhouse

• wampum

• slash-and-burn

A _________________ are beads made from cut and polished seashells used to keep record, send messages to other tribes, barter for goods, or give as gifts.

• longhouse

• wampum

• slash-and-burn

What is a wall made of sharpened tree trunks to protect a village from enemies or wild animals?

• slash-and-burn

• palisade

• wampum

• council