5th - SS Chapter 2 Lesson 1 & 2

Question 0

A group that people form to unite them for a purpose.

Answer 0

League

Question 1

A group of families bound together under a single leadership; often used to describe people who share a common culture.

Answer 1

Tribe

Question 2

An area in which people of similar cultures live.

Answer 2

Cultural Region

Question 3

A long, narrow building the Iroquois used for sheltered.

Answer 3

Longhouse

Question 4

Polished seashells hung on strings or woven into belts.

Answer 4

Wampum

Question 5

Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans.

Answer 5

Reservations

Question 6

In about 1580, five Native American tribes joined together to form what?

Answer 6

The Iroquois League

Question 7

Each tribe sent how many representatives to the Great Council?

Answer 7

50 representatives

Question 8

What was the purpose of the Great Council?

Answer 8

The purpose was to creat peace among the five tribes.

Question 9

Where did the Iroquois live?

Answer 9

The Eastern Woodlands cultural region of North America.

Question 10

What were the resources available in the Eastern Woodlands?

Answer 10

There were trees, animals, lakes, rivers, and streams.

Question 11

How did the Iroquois get food and clothing?

Answer 11

They hunted animals, grew crops , and fished.

Question 12

Where did the Iroquois live? And why?

Answer 12

The Iroquois lived in Longhouses made from wood. They were long divided buildings shared by many families.

Question 13

What else did the Iroquois build with wood?

Answer 13

Canoes

Question 14

The Iroquois felt a deep connection to nature. What did they do to show this?

Answer 14

The Iroquois were thankful for the animals, plants, and the world around them. They spoke to the animals they hunted. They also made up stories and dances about the world around them.

Question 15

Where are the Iroquois today?

Answer 15

Today, they live on reservations in northern New York and are still members of the Great Council.

Question 16

A large, round hut built over a deep hole.

Answer 16

Lodge

Question 17

A tent made of poles covered with buffalo hides.

Answer 17

Tepee

Question 18

Two poles thar hold a load between them.

Answer 18

Travois

Question 19

A gathering of Native Americans.

Answer 19

Powwow

Question 20

A region with few trees and millions of buffalo lived here.

Answer 20

The Great Plains

Question 21

The Native Americans who lived in the Great Plains lived where? What did they live in?

Answer 21

They set up villages near rivers so they had enough water for farming. They built lodges to live in.

Question 22

The Native Americans who lived in the Great Plains also hunted what? Where did they live whie out hunting?

Answer 22

They hunted buffalo and lived in tepees while out hunting.

Question 23

What did the Plains people use buffalo for?

Answer 23

They used buffalo for food, clothing, blankets and other materials.

Question 24

What did the Plains people use to carry the buffalo meat and other goods?

Answer 24

Travois

Question 25

What were used to pull the travois?

Answer 25

Dogs

Question 26

What was made of earth which made them more permanent?

Answer 26

Lodges

Question 27

What were their mobile shelters called? And made from?

Answer 27

Tepees, animal hides

Question 28

Name a Great Plains Native American tribe.

Answer 28

Cheyenne

Question 29

In the 1700s the Cheyenne began to own horses which changed their lives. How did horses change their lives?

Answer 29

1. Made hunting much easier. 2. Made it easier for them to move around. 3. Wealth was measured in horses 4. Used horses rather than dogs to pull travois. 5. Rode horses into battle

Question 30

Where are the Cheyenne today?

Answer 30

Today, the Cheyenne, about 12,000, still live on the Great Plains on a reservation in Montana.