1. The Eastern Woodland Native Americans Chapter 2- lesson 1
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3. A tribe is a group of ____________ bound together under a single ________________.
Many different tribes lived in this region, but they all had similar _________________, that used the __________________ of their environment.
What is a resource?
families
leadership
cultures
resources

4. Thick forests offered endless supplies of _____________________.
Living in the Woodlands
Thick forests offered endless supplies of _____________________.
People hunted animals that were plentiful in the area deer, bear, elk, and beaver for food and used their ________and ___________ for clothes.
They used the lakes, rivers, and streams for ____________ and ____________.
They grew crops such as ___________, ____________, and _______________.
wood
skin
fur
water
fish
corn
beans
squash

5. The Iroquois
The Iroquois lived in the ______________________ part of the Eastern Woodlands.
They were among the most powerful tribes of the region.
The Iroquois were not ________ tribe, but a group of _______________tribes that lived near each other and spoken similar ______________________.
northeastern
one
five
languages

6. For many years, the tribes that made up the Iroquois fought with each other. The fights usually were started over ______________.
Finally after many battles with each other, one tribe chief, _____________, decided to go to the other tribal chiefs to ask for peace. The other chiefs were tired of fighting too, so they decided to work together in what became the ____________ _____________.
A league is an __________________ that people form which ______________ them for a particular purpose.
land
Hiawatha
Iroquois League
organization
unites

7. The five tribes sent 50 representatives, all men, to a ____________ _____________. The council made decisions for all of the League members. Each member had only one vote. All of the members had to agree before a decision was made. (This is similar to how our government works today.)
The older women of the tribes could _______________ or __________________ the representatives, but could not be a representative herself.
Great Council
choose
remove

8. The Iroquois lived in _________________
The Iroquois lived in _________________. Which were long wooden houses where several Iroquois families lived together. They could be as long as half of a football field!
One Iroquois village could have as many as ________________ longhouses.
longhouses
150

9. Iroquois used trees to make ___________
Iroquois used trees to make ___________. They used needles made from __________ to sew bark together for the canoe. They used __________ ______ to make the canoes watertight.
canoes
bone
tree
gum

10. Using the woodlands deer
Men hunted for _________________. They used the animals hides for _________________ and the meat for food.
Women tanned the hides and sewed them into ________________ and pants. They cleared trees to make fields for crops.
They also gathered _____________ for maple syrup.
clothing
shirts
sap

11. Iroquois Beliefs and Customs
The Iroquois felt a deep spiritual connection to __________________, ________________, and other resources around them.
When an Iroquois hunter killed a deer, he knelt beside it and spoke to it. He __________________it for the food and clothing it would provide for his family.
During harvest time the Iroquois gave ___________________ for their crops.
Iroquois Beliefs and Customs
trees
the animals
thanked
thanks