| A | B |
|---|
| artifact | an object made by people who lived in the past |
| archaeologist | a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past |
| prehistory | the time before written records |
| hunter-gather | a person who found food by both hunting animals and gathering plants, fruit, and nuts |
| heritage | the history and traditions that a group of people share |
| longhouse | a wooded building in an Ioquois village that housed many families |
| ancestor | a person in your family, starting with your parents, who was born before you |
| Iroquois Confederacy | a politicak union of six Native American Groups (Cayuga,Mohawk,Oneida, Onondaga,Seneca, and Tuscarora) founded around 1570 |
| clan | a group of Native American families who share the same ancestor |
| clan-mother | the head of a clan |
| council | a group of people who meet to talk and make decisions |
| sachem | a council member of the Iroquois Confederacy |
| wampum | Polished beads used in ceremonies by Iroquois and other Native Americans to represent certain ideas; also used in gift giving and trading |
| Scientist think the first people to come to North America were hunters who came from ________ | Asia |
| Archaeologists use ________ to find out what life was loke on the past. | artifacts |
| Early New Yorkers got food by... | hunting animals and gathering fruit, plants, and nuts |
| Mire than _______ years ago, early New Yorkers started farming. | 1,000 |
| Early people in NY eventually discoverd how to make ... | tools and grow food. |
| Native Americans who lived in the ______ used the resources around them to meet their needs. | Eastern Woodlands |
| The two major Native American groups in NY are... | Algonquian and Iroquois |
| Children of the Eatern Woodlands often learned about their past from... | storytellers |
| ______ and ______ helped the Iroquois set up the Confederacy | Deganawida and Hiawatha |
| The Confederacy protected the rights of each Iroquois to have... | enough food, clothing, shelter, and to speak and worship freely |
| Members of the Confederacy came together at the _________ to discuss war, peace, and trade. | Grand Council |
| Iroquois was made up of... | Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca |
| Iroquois and most Algonquin tribes lived in______ | longhouses |
| Iroquois has several clans named after_______ | animals |
| Hiwatha and Deganawina wanted ______ | for the Iroquois |
