| A | B |
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| North America & Asia | Two continents that were joined by a land bridge |
| archaeologists | scientists who look at artifacts to study the past |
| prehistoric | before written history |
| hunting gathering farming fishing | four ways that Native Americans got food |
| Cayugas Oneidas Onondagas Mohawks Senecas | the five Native American groups that made uo the League of Five Nations |
| Monarchy | a government ruled by one person, usually a king |
| democracy | a government ruled by the people, Algonquians and Iroquiis both ruled this was |
| legend | a story that has been passed down from parent to child, usually to teach a lesson |
| Algonquian | name of the Native Americans who lived on Long Island and New York City |
| Iroquois | name of Native Americans who lived in what is now Upstate New York |
| Peace | the purpose of the League of Five Nations |
| Christoper Columbus | sailed to San Salvador in 1492, named th Native Americans "Indians" because he thought he had landed in the East Indies |
| corn beans squash, also known as the the Three Sisters | three crops grown by the Native Americans |
| Sachem | Leaders of Native American villages that lived on Long Island |
| wampum | string of shells that Native Americans used for trading and also for recording their treaties on wampum belts |
| reservations | where many Native Americans were forced to move to after the Europeans began settling in North America |
| wigwam | some shped huts that the Algonquians built as homes |
| longhouse | long Iroquois homes the size of several shcool buses in length where many extended families lived |
| Shaman | Rlegious Leaders |
| powwow | a council meeting held to solve a problem or make decisions |
| values | what a person or a group believes is to be right or wrong |
| Paleo period | cold, tundar like environment; huge ainals roamed the earth at this time |
| Archaic period | warmer dryer conditions,Native peoples invented new survival strategies like hunting and gathering |
| Woodland period | pottery-making and agricultural peoples. More villages |
