Chapter 4 - Key Terms

Question 1

Define Alliance

Answer 1

People or groups forming a peace treaty between each other to work together.

Question 2

Define clan system

Answer 2

A system that balances loyalty to the clan with loyalty to the nation.

Question 3

Define clan

Answer 3

A large group of families related to one another.

Question 4

Define clan mothers

Answer 4

The leaders of the clan.

Question 5

Define Collective Identity

Answer 5

A shared belief system that often includes the same language, culture, valued, and attitudes.

Question 6

Define community

Answer 6

The people of a district or country considered collectively, especially in the context of social values and responsibilities.

Question 7

Define Confederacy

Answer 7

A partnership agreed on by nations or groups of people.

Question 8

Define consensus

Answer 8

A process made by people having an equal vote.

Question 9

Define Democracy

Answer 9

A type of government in which everyone has equal rights and freedoms.

Question 10

Define Direct Democracy

Answer 10

A government in which citizens vote directly on decisions.

Question 11

Define Equality

Answer 11

Treating everyone the same regardless of such factors such as gender, race, or religion.

Question 12

Define fairness

Answer 12

Everyone is treated with justice.

Question 13

Define generations

Answer 13

Successive descendants in a family.

Question 14

Define Grand Council

Answer 14

50 chiefs who represented the nations of the confederacy.

Question 15

Define Haudenosaunee

Answer 15

The name of the people of the Six Nations, also called “Iroquois” by French Settlers.

Question 16

Define hoyaneh

Answer 16

The proper name for a chief of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Question 17

Define Historical Map

Answer 17

A modern depiction of a place in times past.

Question 18

Define The Great Law of Peace

Answer 18

The constitution of the Iroquois.

Question 19

Define Iroquois

Answer 19

A league of Confederacy of tribes in the Northeastern part of America.

Question 20

Define Matrilineal

Answer 20

Tracing family history and ancestors through mothers.

Question 21

Define Oneida

Answer 21

One of the nations of the Iroquois confederacy.

Question 22

Define Participation

Answer 22

The action of taking part in something.

Question 23

Define Pine Tree Chiefs

Answer 23

Men with special positions in the Grand Council.

Question 24

Define Physical Maps

Answer 24

Maps that show landforms like deserts, mountains and plains.

Question 25

Define Political Maps

Answer 25

Maps that show government boundaries of countries and states.

Question 26

Define Representative Democracy

Answer 26

A government of people elected by the people to represent them and make decisions on their behalf.

Question 27

Define the Six Nations

Answer 27

The Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarara.

Question 28

Define the Two Row Wampum Belt

Answer 28

This wampum belt records the meaning of the agreement, which declares peaceful coexistence between the Haudenosaunee and Dutch Settlers in the area.

Question 29

Define the United Nations

Answer 29

An organization that works for world peace.

Question 30

Define the Wampum belt

Answer 30

Belts made using wampum beads whose origin can be traced back to Hiawatha, a pre-colonial aboriginal leader.

Question 31

Define the Wampum treaty

Answer 31

A mutual treaty agreement, made in 1613 between representatives of Five Nations of the Iroquois.