Northeast Region Social Studies

Which of the following describes a Wigwam?

• The nourishment people get from food that helps them grow and stay healthy

• A doomed dwelling built by peoples of the Northeast, made of poles tied together and covered.

• A rectangular house made of bark panels on a frame of wooden poles.

• A chief of a Northeast nation.

Which of the following describes a Nutrition?

• The nourishment people get from food that helps them grow and stay healthy

• A doomed dwelling built by peoples of the Northeast, made of poles tied together and covered.

• A rectangular house made of bark panels on a frame of wooden poles.

• A chief of a Northeast nation.

Which of the following describes a longhouse?

• The nourishment people get from food that helps them grow and stay healthy

• A doomed dwelling built by peoples of the Northeast, made of poles tied together and covered.

• A rectangular house made of bark panels on a frame of wooden poles.

• A chief of a Northeast nation.

Which of the following describes a Sachem?

• The nourishment people get from food that helps them grow and stay healthy

• A doomed dwelling built by peoples of the Northeast, made of poles tied together and covered.

• A rectangular house made of bark panels on a frame of wooden poles.

• A chief of a Northeast nation.

Which of the following describes a Wampum?

• The nourishment people get from food that helps them grow and stay healthy

• A bead made from clamshells

• A rectangular house made of bark panels on a frame of wooden poles.

• A chief of a Northeast nation.

The __________ and __________ tribes mostly likely lived in longhouses deep in the wooded areas.

Select the two tribes to fill in the blanks

• Abenaki

• Iroquois

• Dodems

• Delaware

What crops where known as the three sisters crops?

• corn

• beans

• potatoes

• squash

What tribe mainly planted the three sisters crops?

• Iroquois tribe

• Abenaki tribe

• Delaware tribe

• Mohawk tribe

What tribe had men that weaved baskets and made pottery?

• Iroquois tribe

• Abenaki tribe

• Delaware tribe

• Mohawk tribe

How many families lived in a longhouse at a time?

• one

• two

• several

• none