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- 1. Multiple Choice
The actual name for the Iroquois people is
Algonquins
Cherokee
Mohawk
Haudenosaunee
- 2. Multiple Choice
Haudenosaunee means
Peacemaker
People of the longhouse
Cave dwellers
People of the Iroquois
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of how the Iroquois used their environment for their survival
using mud bricks to build homes
using ice to build igloos
using trees to build longhouses
using palm leaves to build roofs
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following people or group helped the peacemaker come up with the idea to form the Iroquois Confederacy?
3 sisters
Hiawatha
Clan mothers
Great Spirit
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Iroquois Confederacy was a political union of
6 nations
6 clans
6 clan mothers
6 longhouses
- 6. Multiple Choice
The term confederacy means...
a form of government where one person or group has all the power
a form of government where there is a king or queen
a form of government that contains city-states
a form of government where many are joined together or unified
- 7. Multiple Choice
The primary reason the Iroquois formed a confederacy was to
improve trade
expand land
hunt more efficiently
promote peace
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which task was completed by the clan mothers?
Electing Chiefs
Fishing
Taking care of children
Hunting
- 9. Multiple Choice
How many chiefs made up the Grand Council?
25
50
75
100
- 10. Multiple Choice
The main job of the Grand Council was to
organize religious festivials
make laws for the confederacy
decide the guilt or innocence of an accused person
perform marriage ceremonies
- 11. Multiple Choice
The Iroquois named their clans after
The father's last name
The mother's last name
Animals
Spirits
- 12. Multiple Choice
If an Iroquois man and woman got married where would the new couple live?
His clan's longhouse
Her clan's longhouse
Their own new longhouse
The eldest clan mother's longhouse
- 13. Multiple Choice
Choosing leaders by voting is an example of
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
Consensus
Diplomacy
- 14. Multiple Choice
Some agreements and treaties were recorded by oral tradition and by
Writing it on bark
Weaving a wampum belt
Sketching it on paper
Creating a myth
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following nations was the last to join the Iroquois Confederacy?
The Seneca
The Oneida
The Mohawk
The Tuscarora
- 16. Multiple Choice
In Iroquois tradition, the Three Sisters are
crops grown for food
Hiawatha's daughters
the sun, moon, and Earth
lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario
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