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Iruquois

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Iroquois held RITUALS to heal tribe members. What is a RITUAL?

a)

a leader

b)

a mask

c)

a building

d)

a ceremony

2.

Iroquois families lived together in a longhouse. What do you think they did as their families grew?

a)

They started moving into teepees and wigwams

b)

They added onto the longhouse and made it longer

c)

They asked family members to join another tribe

d)

They moved to a new place and settled new lands

3.

Iroquois women nominated their tribe's SACHEM and made sure he led the people. What is a SACHEM?

a)

a chief

b)

a dance

c)

a pattern

d)

a building

4.

What do the Iroquois use wampum belts for?

a)

to keep track of the changing seasons

b)

to honor special events and people

c)

to help them make baskets

d)

to catch or hunt animals

5.

What happened to the Iroquois nations during the American Revolution?

a)

The nations were divided on opposite sides of the war

b)

Iroquois people stayed neutral and did not choose sides

c)

The Iroquois gathered other native people and fought

d)

Iroquois nations joined together to support the colonist

6.

What animals the Iroquois people hunted in their region?

a)

moose, bear and bison

b)

tiger, lion

c)

antelope, buffalo

d)

deer, lion, bear

7.

What kind of houses the Iroquois used?

a)

Brick house

b)

adobe

c)

teepee

d)

longhouse

e)

wigwam

8.

What are the name of one of the states in the Iroquois Nations?

a)

California,

b)

Arizona,

c)

Florida,

d)

New York

9.

What happened to the Iroquois nations during the American Revolution?

a)

The settlers joined the Iroquois and lived in longhouses

b)

The Iroquois opened schools to learn English

c)

The Iroquois taught settlers how to make wampum belts

d)

The settlers spread diseases and many Iroquois got sick and died

10.

Which sentence is FALSE?

a)

Wampum beads are made out of shells.

b)

Patterns on wampum belts told stories.

c)

Wampum belts honor important events and people

d)

Iroquois used wampum to scare the settlers.

11.

Which happened first?

a)

Iroquois tribes took opposite sides during the American Revolution.

b)

Iroquois nations helped the British settlers fight the French settlers.

c)

Iroquois people started trading with European settlers.

d)

Iroquois tribes fought other native people to control the trade.