The Algonquians

How did language similarities help woodland groups?

• It allowed greater cooperation.

• One group taught the other groups their language.

• It didn't help the woodland groups.

Where did the Algonquians live?

• from Canada to the Carolinas

• From Atlanta to Florida

• From Washington to California

All Algonquians lived on the coast.

• True

• False

• Maybe

Algonquians that lived in the north had access to...

• farming

• hunting and fishing

• hunting

Algonquians who lived in the south...

• mostly fished

• mostly farmed

• mostly hunted

The leader of a group or town

• council

• governor

• sachem

Once a year the sachem used his tribute to

• feed the hungry

• host a Thanksgiving ceremony

• give only to his family

Which nation formed a confederacy to defend themselves against the Iroquois League?

• Powhatan

• Massachusett

• Abenakis

The position of the sachem was passed down through which family?

• father

• mother

• Uncle

Legends suggest that the Chippewa and Ojibwa lived at the mouth of this river.

• St. Lawrence River

• Lake Ontario

• Lake Superior