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Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Eastern Woodlands

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a tribe?

a)

A group of families bound together under a single leadership

b)

An organization that people form which unites them for a particular purpose

c)

A road that connected the territories of all five Iroquois tribes

d)

An area in which people with similar cultures live

2.

What are the names of the Iroquois/Haudenosaunee tribes?

a)

Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, and Tuscarora

b)

Apache, Blackfeet, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Colville, and Delaware

c)

Goshute, Hopi, Karuk, Klikitat, Kiowa, and Lummi

d)

Mechoopda, Menominee, Miami, Mohegan, Navajo, and Paloos

3.

What is a league?

a)

An organization that people form which unites them for a particular purpose

b)

A road that connected the territories of all five Iroquois tribe

c)

An area in which people with similar cultures live

d)

A long, bark-covered building where Iroquois families lived

4.

What is the Iroquois Trail?

a)

A road that connected the territories of all five Iroquois tribes

b)

An area in which people with similar cultures live

c)

A long, bark-covered building where Iroquois families lived

d)

Polished seashells that were hung on strings or woven into belts

5.

Where is the Iroquois Trail?

a)

It goes east to west across upstate New York

b)

It goes north to south across upstate New York

c)

It goes east to west across downstate New York

d)

It does north to south across downstate New York

6.

What is a cultural region?

a)

An area in which people with similar cultures live

b)

A long, bark-covered building where Iroquois families lived

c)

Polished seashells that were hung on strings or woven into belts

d)

Land set aside by the U.S. government for native indigenous people

7.

What is the name of the cultural region that the Iroquois live in?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southern Woodlands

c)

Western Woodlands

d)

Northern Woodlands

8.

What is a longhouse?

a)

A long, bark-covered building where Iroquois families lived

b)

Polished seashells that were hung on strings or woven into belts

c)

Land set aside by the U.S. government for native indigenous people

d)

A large, mostly flat region in the middle of the U.S. with few trees and lots of grasses

9.

What is NOT true about longhouses?

a)

Up to 12 families would live in each longhouse

b)

Families in each longhouse are related through the women

c)

Longhouses are about 150 feet long

d)

Longhouses are made of animal skins

10.

What is wampum?

a)

Polished seashells that were hung on strings or woven into belts

b)

Land set aside by the U.S. government for native indigenous people

c)

A large, mostly flat region in the middle of the U.S. with few trees and lots of grasses

d)

A large, round hut built over a deep hole

11.

What is a reservation?

a)

Land set aside by the U.S. government for native indigenous people

b)

A large, mostly flat region in the middle of the U.S. with few trees and lots of grasses

c)

A large, round hut built over a deep hole

d)

A temporary shelter made from poles in a circle that come together in a point, then covered in buffalo hides

12.

What is being described here?


  1. Lived in longhouses
  2. Shared between many families
  3. Families were all related through the women
a)

Iroquois Shelter

b)

Iroquois Food and Resources

c)

Iroquois Crafts and Goods

d)

Iroquois Government

13.

What is being described here?


  1. Hunted deer, elk, bear, and beaver
  2. Fished in rivers
  3. Farmed corn, beans, and squash
a)

Iroquois Food and Resources

b)

Iroquois Crafts and Goods

c)

Iroquois Government

d)

Iroquois Customs and Beliefs

14.

What is being described here?


  1. Creating wampum
  2. Making birch bark canoes
  3. Designing clothing from animal hides
a)

Iroquois Crafts and Goods

b)

Iroquois Government

c)

Iroquois Beliefs and Customs

d)

Modern Iroquois

15.

What is being described here?


  1. 50 male representatives meet in the Great Council
  2. Elder women choose and remove Council members
a)

Iroquois Government

b)

Iroquois Beliefs and Customs

c)

Modern Iroquois

d)

Iroquois Food and Resources

16.

What is being described here?


  1. Believed in animal and nature spirits
  2. Gave thanks to the harvest and to hunted animals
  3. Exchanged wampum as a symbolic offering
a)

Iroquois Beliefs and Customs

b)

Modern Iroquois

c)

Iroquois Food and Resources

d)

Iroquois Crafts and Goods

17.

What is being described here?


  1. Living on reservations in New York State
  2. The Great Council meets at Onondaga Reservation
  3. Many Mohawk men became expert skyscraper builders
  4. Iroquois students play lacrosse and are very good at it
a)

Modern Iroquois

b)

Iroquois Beliefs and Customs

c)

Iroquois Government

d)

Iroquois Crafts and Goods

18.

How did Deganawidah and Hiawatha change Iroquois/Haudenosaunee society?

a)

Deganawidah and Hiawatha changed Haudenosaunee society by encouraging all five warring tribes to join together into one nation.

b)

Deganawidah and Hiawatha changed Haudenosaunee society by encouraging all five warring tribes to continue fighting.

c)

Deganawidah and Hiawatha changed Haudenosaunee society by encouraging all five warring tribes to go hunting.

d)

Deganawidah and Hiawatha changed Haudenosaunee society by encouraging all five warring tribes to exchange wampum.