Pre-Columbian Era Review

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The actual name for the Iroquois people is

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Haudenosaunee

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The term Haudenosaunee means

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people of the longhouse

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The term confederacy means...

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a form of government where many parts are joined together or unified

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The primary reason the Iroquois formed a confederacy was to

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promote peace

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The Iroquois term for chief is

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sachem

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The main job of the Great Council was to

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make laws for the confederacy

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If an Iroquois man and woman got married where would the new couple live?

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her clans longhouse

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Where would you most likely find artifacts of ancient Iroquois civilization? Options: California, Minnesota, New York, Washington

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New York

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Choosing leaders by voting is an example of

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representative democracy

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Clan mothers had the ability to remove elected sachems from being chief if they performed poorly. This is an example of

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checks and balances