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28 Cards in this Set
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The first people to settle in North America
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Native Americans |
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Native American groups each have their on cultures or customs. What is a custom?
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special way of doing something |
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This Native American group settled in the forests of the southeastern United States because of the rich soil, rivers, and trees.
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Cherokee of the Southeast |
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Cherokee
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They were hunters and farmers. They ate fruit, meat, and vegetables.
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Which group used trees and mud from nearby riverbanks to build houses?
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Cherokee |
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Why did the Cherokee later build log houses?
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to protect them from the cold and snow during the winter |
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Which Native American group settled in the forest of the Northeast because it had plenty of animals and plants? |
Iroquois |
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What was the purpose of the rivers for the Iroquois?
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fishing and traveling
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The Iroquois used trees to build their homes. They built what type of home?
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longhouses |
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Describe a longhouse
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*longer than they were wide *home to as many as 10 families *each family had its own living space *fires were built in the middle so each family shared the fire |
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Who formed a confederacy?
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Iroquois |
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What is a confederacy?
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a formal agreement or treaty between groups to work together |
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How many groups did the Iroquois Confederacy have?
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5 |
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Confederacy ? |
Five Nations |
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What is the purpose of the Five Nations?
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it was rules to protect the rights of each of the five groups.
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cooperated
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worked together
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The main purpose the Iroquois Confederacy was the ________ _______ _______ _________? |
Great Law of Peace |
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What is the Great Law of Peace?
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All decision making had to be done peacefully and no one was allowed to hurt anyone if groups disagreed. |
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Native American groups not only worked with one another, but they cooperated with the who?
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the first settlers from England |
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What did the Native Americans teach the first settlers from England?
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how to plant crops such as pumpkin, squash, beans, and corn different ways to fish in the swallow water |
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What is the Beaver Wars?
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settlers for guns and supplies *beaver population died out so the Iroquois traveled west into other Native American land to look for beaver *Iroquois had better weapons than the groups they were fighting against, so they won the Beaver Wars |
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Some Native Americans live on reservations. What are reservations?
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lands that the United States government set aside for Native Americans many years ago |
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What is a government?
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a system of ruling people |
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What rules do the Native Americans have to follow that live on the reservations?
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They have to follow the laws set up by their reservation's government and the laws made by the United States government. |
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tradition? |
a special way that a group does something that is passed down over time.
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Name some Cherokee traditions.
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They have games, dances, songs, and clothing that are special to their culture. Some wear feathered headdresses |
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The order in which events take place
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sequence |
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