Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy Pt 1

Question 1

What do the colours on wampum represent?

Answer 1

White is for peace, and purple is for more serious matters

Question 2

What 5 groups originally formed the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?

Answer 2

Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk

Question 3

What are Wampum belts made out of?

Answer 3

Shells and strings

Question 4

What is the purpose of Wampum Belts?

Answer 4

Wampum records history, informs leaders, explains who they are.

Question 5

Who were the keepers of the Western gate?

Answer 5

Seneca

Question 6

Which tribe were known as the Keepers of the Fire?

Answer 6

The Onondaga

Question 7

True or False: Tododaga was a war and power hungry person

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Who were the people who brought the Haudenosaunee together in peace?

Answer 8

Jigonsaseh, Hiawatha, Peacemaker

Question 9

True or False: there are 5 territories the compose the Haudenosaunee

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Who are the “big brother” tribes?

Answer 10

The Mohawk and the Seneca

Question 11

Who are the “little brother” tribes?

Answer 11

The Cayuga and the Oneida

Question 12

Approximately how many people could live in a longhouse?

Answer 12

50-60 people

Question 13

Up to how many people could live in a Haudenosaunee Settlement?

Answer 13

3000

Question 14

True or False: Tododaho was an evil man who had scales for skin and snakes in his hair.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Who was the first tribe to sign the peace treaty?

Answer 15

The Mohawk

Question 16

Who created the Haudenosaunee Confederacy through establishing the Great Law of Peace?

Answer 16

The Peacemaker

Question 17

What does the term Haudenosaunee mean?

Answer 17

People of the Longhouse

Question 18

The Grand Council used ___________ as a form of decision-making.

Answer 18

Consensus

Question 19

What is the significance of the tree of peace?

Answer 19

It was the tree where all the nations buried their weapons under to signify peace.