Lesson 3: American Indian Governement and Economy

Many American Indian groups did not form traditional _________________________.

A ____________________ is a decision-making body that could be made up of a group’s single leader or a small group of leaders.

• council

• government

• economy

• confederacy

The members of the league of the Iroquois called themselves the People of the Longhouse.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Small groups often combined with other groups to form large ___________________.

The League had a constitution, or a plan of government, that was likely the first used in North America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In the ________________________, a religious leader led the Pueblo people’s government.

• Southeast

• Sothwest

• Northeast

• Northwest

In the Plains, American Indian relied heavily on the Salmon, so they settled on lands near rivers with Salmon.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Around 1600, in what is today New York State, five different nations joined to establish a league or a  ____________________________.

Tribes in the Pacific Southwest were very skilled at catching fish, seals and whales.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An ___________________ is a system by which a group makes, shares and uses goods.

• tradition

• culture

• economy

• government