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The story of a people before they
learned to write is?
a. history
b. prehistory
c. geography
d. custom
The first Indians to reach Pennsylvania
were?
a. Paleo Indians
b. Algonquians
c. Iroquois
d. Shawnee
The two main languages spoken by
Indians in northeastern America were
Iroquois and _______________.
a. Algonquian
b. Lenni-Lenape
c. Woodland
d. Susquehanna
The League of Five Nations lived?
a. north of Pennsylvania
b. south of Pennsylvania
c. along the Susquehanna River
d. along the Delaware River
An Indian name that means “Original
People” is?
a. Susquehanna
b. Lenni-Lenape
c. sachem
d. Onandaga
The Indians made most of their
clothing from?
a. dried plants
b. deerskin
c. bear fur
d. feathers
The main duty of the League of the Six The Indians believed that there were
Nations councils was to?
spirits in?
a. start fires
a. special people only
b. plan wars
b. special places only
c. trade
c. the sky only
d. keep peace
d. everything
The League of Five Nations was
formed by the?
a. Susquehanna tribes
b. Mohawk tribes
c. Iroquois tribes
d. Algonquian tribes
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The most important Indian food was?
a.
b.
c.
d.
corn
fish
squash
beans
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The Woodland Indians found
everything they needed in their?
a. environment
b. sachem
c. maize
d. league
The Indian tribal chiefs were chosen
by?
a. important women
b. important men
c. a tribal council
d. sachems
Iroquois families lived together in?
a. sweat lodges
b. palisades
c. longhouses
d. sachems
Someone who uses the environment
wisely is called?
a. a farmer
b. settler
c. conservationist
d. sachem
Maize is another name for?
Sachem was an Algonquian word for?
a.
b.
c.
d.
fish
clothing
meat
corn
a.
b.
c.
d.
money
chief
battle
“Original People”
A group of Indian families with a
common ancestor was called?
a. clan
b. league
c. lodge
d. longhouse
Moccasins are?
When settlers arrive in a certain place
or country, the people who are already
there are called?
The first Indians came to North
America from?
a.
b.
c.
d.
natives
Indians
Tribes
Explorers
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a.
b.
c.
d.
a.
b.
c.
d.
rivers
tribal leaders
spirits
shoes
Italy
India
Asia
France
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How did the first people come to North Why was learning to grow corn a big
America?
step for the Paleo Indians?
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Describe the homes of the Iroquois.
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How did the Indians prepare corn for
eating?
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Describe the government of the
Iroquois?
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