| A | B |
|---|
| longhouse | a house made from wood and bark for Native American families |
| clan mother | the leader of each Iroquois clan |
| sachem | named the leader of the Iroquois clan by the clan mother |
| wampum | a string of polished beads (passed at council to show the speaker was truthful) |
| artifact | an object from the past made by a person |
| prehistory | a period of time when people did not leave any written records |
| council | when the men from each Iroquois clan would meet to make decisions |
| Iroquois Confederacy | five different groups of Native Americans formed this around 1570 |
