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Iroquois exam
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History
7th Grade
10/14/2007

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Term
state
Definition

1.) nation

2.) a unit of Federal Government

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plateau

Definition
an elevated piece of flat land
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peninsula
Definition
a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
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island
Definition
a piece of land completely surrounded by water

water on all 4 sides
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province
Definition
parts of a country outside major cities
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Iroquois
Definition
Location/enviroment - Northeast
Shelter - Longhouse
Clothes - made from deerskins
food - three sisters, deer, fish, rabbit, fox
jobs/economy - hunters/farmers
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Sioux
Definition
Location/ enviroment - plains
shelter - teepees
clothes - made from buffalo skins
food - buffalo, pemmican, berries
jobs/ economy - hunters
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Hopi
Definition
location/ enviroment - southwest
shelter - pueblo
clothes - made from cotton/ animal skins
food - three sisters, bread, salt
job/economy - farmers
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Iroquois Confederacy
Definition

the political organization of the Iroquois also know as the league of the 5 nations
1.) Unite Nations
2.) Bring PEace
3.) offer a way to settle disputes among the nations
4.) Form of government
5.) United States constitution was modeled after this confederacy

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clan matron
Definition
1.) owned property
2.)in charge of planting and harvesting
3.) chose clan leader
4.) childrden belonged to mothers clan
5.) chose sachems or clan leaders
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SCOOM
Definition

Five Iroquois Tribes
Seneca
Cayuga
Oneida
Onondaga
Mohawk

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Interdependence
Definition
two or more people or things that need one another's support
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anthropology
Definition
the study of how people and cultures develop
Term
Mayans
Definition
Lived in rain forests of the Central America
they
Farmed
Used irrigation to carry water to fields
built cities and began to trade goods
used calender( 365 days in a year)
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Incas
Definition
Lived inb South America
planted crops on mountainsides
mined for silver and gold
built roads
Term
Aztecs
Definition
lived in present day Mexico
developed written language
knew mathematics
Term
archaeology
Definition
the study of how people lived a long time ago based on physical things( artifacts) they left behind
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artifact
Definition
an object made or changed by human beings especially a tool or weapon used in the past

examples: pottery, weapons, clothes, tools, baskets
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landbridge
Definition
scientists believe that the first Native Americans came to North America from Asia across a land bridge that connected two continents

these first Americans adopted to the different enviroments of North America and became farmers and hunters
Term
historian
Definition
one who writes or compiles a chronological record of events

a writer, student, or scholar of history
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geographical determinism
Definition
the groups of indians in north america adapted to their enviroment

then geography and enviroment decided the types of homes that were built, clothing that was eaten and clothing that was used
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how the jobs were divided

Definition
by the gender

both men and women fished and were working with medicine
Term
if child were lazy
Definition
disapoint family

she or he would die because they did not help their family
they did not survive
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most important job of man

Definition

hunting

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kindess
Definition
they killed what they needed 
 no  animals were wasted
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patience
Definition
they waited for the animals to come to you
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quiet speech
Definition
don't talk too loud
they wouldn't talk loud because they woulds scare away the animals
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little people
Definition
spirits in the forest 
 
Term

teepees

Definition
made out of
buffalo sinew
buffalo hide
wooden stakes
lodge poles
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LONGHOUSES

Definition
elm bark
smoke holes were shared by two families
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pueblo
Definition
adobe walls
sandstobne blocks
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spaces
Definition
clearing / crops farming

forest / hunting
trails
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