Native Americans: Iroquois Confederacy Quiz

What is the Iroquois Confederacy?

• An alliance of Native American tribes in the northeastern United States

• A religious movement in the 19th century

• A collection of South American indigenous tribes

• A group of European explorers in the 16th century

Which Native American tribes were part of the Iroquois Confederacy?

• Inuit, Aleut, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Crow

• Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Apache, Comanche

• Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca

• Shawnee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek

What was the purpose of the Iroquois Confederacy?

• To establish a trading network with European settlers

• To create a political and diplomatic alliance (peace) among the Iroquois tribes.

• To conquer neighboring tribes and expand their territory

• To develop a written language for communication within the tribes

Who was considered the founder of the Iroquois Confederacy?

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

• Pocahontas

• Hiawatha

What were the main principles of the Iroquois Confederacy?

• Peace, unity, and strength through cooperation and consensus

• Submission, disunity, and fragility through dependence and disagreement

• Isolation, individualism, and competition through self-reliance

• War, division, and weakness through conflict and disagreement

How did the Iroquois Confederacy govern itself?

• Representative democracy and consensus decision-making

• Military dictatorship

• Anarchy

• Absolute monarchy

What role did women play in the Iroquois Confederacy?

• Women were only responsible for domestic chores

• Women only had power in religious ceremonies

• Women had significant political power and were involved in decision-making.

• Women were not allowed to participate in any decision-making

The three sisters were

The ________________ were the sixth tribe that joined later.

Who had the most power?

• the chief

• the men

• the clan mother

• the three sisters