Chapter 2A Native Americans in New York

What is HISTORY?

• The things that have happened in a particular place or to a particular group of people over time.

• A scientist who studies objects from the past to learn about cultures.

• A person who found food by both hunting animals and gathering plants, fruits, and nuts.

• A round Native American home made from arched poles covered with bark, in which one family lived.

What is an ARCHAEOLOGIST?

• A round Native American home made from arched poles covered with bark, in which one family lived.

• The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food.

• To give one thing in exchange for something else; a job skill or field of work.

• A scientist who studies objects from the past to learn about cultures.

What are HUNTER-GATHERERS?

• A group of families who share some ancestors.

• A person who found food by both hunting animals and gathering plants, fruits, and nuts.

• 1. A long wooden building in a Native American village in which many related families lived. 

• The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food.

What is a WIGWAM?

• 1. A long wooden building in a Native American village in which many related families lived. 

• 1. An area of land set aside for Native Americans to live on. 

• A round Native American home made from arched poles covered with bark, in which one family lived.

• 1. A group of people or nations that work together for their common interests. 

What is AGRICULTURE?

• The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food.

• Polished beads used in ceremonies by Iroquis and other Native Americans to represent certain ideas; also used in gift-giving and trading.

• A member of the Grand Council of the Iroquois League.

• A decision made by a person or group.

What is TRADE?

• The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food.

• 1. Polished beads used in ceremonies by Iroquis and other Native Americans to represent certain ideas; also used in gift-giving and trading. 

• A group of families who share some ancestors.

• To give one thing in exchange for something else; a job skill or field of work.

What is a RESERVATION?

• To give one thing in exchange for something else; a job skill or field of work.

• A decision made by a person or group.

• 1. A long wooden building in a Native American village in which many related families lived. 

• 1. An area of land set aside for Native Americans to live on. 

What is a LONGHOUSE?

• 1. An area of land set aside for Native Americans to live on. 

• A round Native American home made from arched poles covered with bark, in which one family lived.

• 1. A long wooden building in a Native American village in which many related families lived. 

• A group of people or nations that work together for their common interests.

What is a CLAN?

• 1. The head of a clan among the Iroquois people. 

• A scientist who studies objects from the past to learn about cultures.

• A person who found food by both hunting animals and gathering plants, fruits, and nuts.

• 1. A group of families who share some ancestors. 

What is a CLAN MOTHER?

• 1. The things that have happened in a particular place or to a particular group of people over time.

• 1. A group of families who share some ancestors. 

• 1. The head of a clan among the Iroquois people. 

• 1. A group of people or nations that work together for their common interests.