Transcript Unit 1 Review Powerpoint

Where did the first Native
Americans come from?
Siberia in Asia
When did the first Native
Americans come to North
America?
During the last ice age
How did the first Native
Americans get to the North
America?
Across a land bridge
What 5 tribes made up the
Iroquois Confederacy?
Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga,
Oneida, Mohawk (SCOOM)
What did the Iroquois call
themselves?
Haudenosaunee
What do the Iroquois call
corn, beans and squash?
3 sisters
Who was responsible for the
planting and harvesting of
crops?
women
What did the Iroquois live in?
longhouses
What did the Iroquois base
their time upon?
Nature and the seasons
What is the America name for a
family consisting of a mother,
father and kids?
Nuclear family
What do we call the Iroquois
nuclear family?
Fireside family
What is the American name for
the family consisting of all the
person’s relatives?
Extended family
What do we call the Iroquois
extended family?
Longhouse family
Who were the warriors and
hunters in Iroquois society?
men
According to the Iroquois
creation myth, which twin was
the good twin?
Right - handed
What word means a person’s
descent is traced through the
female?
matrilineal
According to the Iroquois
Creation Myth, who found the
first soil?
muskrat
What do we call a bunch of
longhouse families?
clan
What was the sixth nation to
join the Iroquois Confederacy?
Tuscarora
What tribe hosted the Iroquois
Confederacy meetings?
Onondaga
Who were the founders of the
Iroquois Confederacy?
Deganawida, Hiawatha
What was the most important
Iroquois festival?
Mid-Winter
What are shells used for
communication and trade
called?
wampum