WorksheetsNative American/Iroquois Quiz
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 28mins
"Sovereignty" means a Native American nation can:
Develop its own customs
Pass and enforce laws
Speak a unique language
Practice its own religion
Confusion about geography led to which term?
Igloo
American Indian
Hurricane
Indigenous
Which factor threatened Indigenous cultures?
Unfamiliar diseases from abroad
Laws that banned traditional practices
European conquest
All of the above
What social value can you infer from the importance of the longhouse in Haudenosaunee culture?
The importance of size
The importance of architecture
The importance of agriculture
The importance of families
Of the following modern cities, which lies on traditional Haudenosaunee lands?
Newark, NJ
Syracuse, NY
Hartford, CT
New York, NY
Which celestial event is said to have occurred during the founding of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?
(a)
Haudenosaunee elders use wampum belts in the same way that:
A merchant uses money
A speaker uses note cards
A tailor uses thread
A clockmaker uses gears
To which of the following U.S. government bodies is the Great Council most similar?
The Supreme Court
The office of the President
The Pentagon
The Senate
If the Haudenosaunee women who lead local clans believe their sachems are acting poorly, they can remove them from power. What phrase best describes this style of government?
Absolute rule
Checks and balances
divine monarchy
Totalitarianism
What does the land bridge theory try to explain?
What is the definition of confederacy?
Inheriting or determining descent through the male line
Inheriting or determining descent through the male line
A group of people joined together a common purpose or by a common interest
What is the definition of matrilineal?
Inheriting or determining descent through the female line
A group of people joined together a common purpose or by a common interest
Inheriting or determining descent through the male line
What is the definition of patrilineal?
Inheriting or determining descent through the female line
Inheriting or determining descent through the male line
A group of people joined together a common purpose or by a common interest
What are the 5 tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy?
(a)
What group lived in a longhouse?
Leaders
A confederacy
A clan
A fireside
What is the definition of fireside?
Women and children (family)
Leaders of a clan
Iroquois Confederacy
People who lived together in a longhouse
What does oral tradition mean?
What skill did Hiawatha have?
What does the tree of peace represent?
Who are the keepers of the past that design belts to tell stories?
(a)
What were the uses of a wampum
To lead longhouses.
Tell history
Tell stories
Record government records
What is Turtle Island?
The Iroquois longhouse contained many religious symbols
No
Yes
The Iroquois Confederacy may have influenced the early people who created America's Constitution
False
True
What powers and rights did Iroquois women have?
Owning and Controlling land
The ability to check power in the government
Fight in wars
The ability to divorce their husband
What were the 3 sisters?
(a)
