Iroquois Confederacy

Question 1

Who created the name Iroquois

Answer 1

themselves

Question 2

who created the name Haudenausonee

Answer 2

the french

Question 3

who created the name people of the long house

Answer 3

british

Question 4

who was the iroqious originally composed of

Answer 4

seneca
cayuga
onodaga
oneida
mohawk

and later the tuscarora

Question 5

who was sky women

Answer 5

her daughter gave birth to twins creating good and evil

Question 6

why did the iroquois divide into clans

Answer 6

to identify who was who and who could and could not marry

Question 7

wampum

Answer 7

beadwork used by the Iroquois to record important events

Question 8

three sisters

Answer 8

corn
squash
beans

Question 9

tree of peace

Answer 9

Iroquois symbol of peace meant to unite the Iroquois prior to contact

Question 10

great law of peace

Answer 10

likely the oldest constitution in the world, put forward by the great peacemaker to give the Iroquois a plan for living together in a united fashion

Question 11

grand council

Answer 11

wise men chosen by clan mothers and deposed if necessary. 50 Sachems were for war 50 were civil sachems

Question 12

condolence ceremony

Answer 12

ceremony to honour a dead chief and his family

Question 13

covenant chain

Answer 13

series of alliances in the 1700’s between the Iroquois and the British in order to preserve trade, suppress Indigenous violence against settlers, and each other

Question 14

false face society

Answer 14

well trained Iroquois capable of performing healing rituals

Question 15

why are false face masks worn

Answer 15

so they can’t tell if the person is evil or good so the spirit goes away

Question 16

clan mothers

Answer 16

wise devoted Iroquois mothers who run things politically as well as domestically

Question 17

Why were Iroquois considered innovative

Answer 17

they grew tobacco, hunted, expanded their territory and became important in Canadian history