BPJ Iroquois

The Iroquois held RITUALS to heal tribe members. What is a RITUAL?

• a leader

• a mask

• a building

• a ceremony

Iroquois families lived together in a longhouse. What do you think they did as their families grew?

• They started moving into teepees and wigwams.

• They added onto the longhouse and made it longer.

• They asked family members to join another tribe.

• They moved to a new place and settled new lands.

Iroquois women nominated their tribe's SACHEM and made sure he led the people. What is a SACHEM?

• a chief

• a dance

• a pattern

• a building

What do the Iroquois use wampum belts for?

• to keep track of the changing seasons

• to honor special events and people

• to help them make baskets

• to catch or hunt for animals

What happened to the Iroquois nations during the American Revolution?

• The nations were divided on opposite sides of the war.

• Iroquois people stayed neutral and did not choose sides.

• The Iroquois gathered other native people and fought.

• Iroquois nations joined together to support the colonists.

In the 1700s, women settlers could not vote, but Iroquois women could nominate chiefs and own land. What does this say about Iroquois culture?

• Iroquois people worked to get certain rights for women settlers.

• Iroquois women had certain rights that women settlers did not.

• Women settlers could become chiefs of certain Iroquois tribes.

• Women did not play important roles in Iroquois or settler culture.

What happened when the Iroquois began trading with European settlers?

• The settlers joined the Iroquois and lived in longhouses.

• The Iroquois opened schools to teach settlers' students.

• The Iroquois taught settlers how to make wampum belts.

• The settlers spread diseases and many Iroquois got sick.

Six Iroquois nations came together to form a CONFEDERACY. What is a CONFEDERACY?

• A special ceremony where people celebrate the harvest.

• A leader who is voted for by members of the community.

• A union of different groups or communities that work together.

• A group of people who have been living in an area for a long time.

Which sentence is FALSE?

• Wampum beads are made out of shells.

• Patterns on wampum belts told stories.

• Wampum belts honor important events and people.

• Iroquois used wampum belts to scare off settlers.

Which happened FIRST?

• Iroquois tribes took opposite sides during the American Revolution.

• Iroquois nations helped the British settlers fight the French settlers.

• Iroquois people started trading with European settlers.

• Iroquois tribes fought over native people to control trade.