Native American Civilizations Flashcards
What was the land bridge the Native Americans crossed over a couple thousand years ago?
The Bering Strait/ Beringia
Who are the Native Americans descended from?
The Siberians who crossed over the land bridge (Bering Strait/Beringia)
People who lived along the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys? What is another nickname for them?
The Hopewell Culture
The Moundbuilders
What was the period that the Hopewells flourished?
300 BC – 200 AD
Mound-builder city, World Heritage Site, Mississippians a bigger population than London
Cahokia (20,000 people)
Who created the Wampum belt? What are they also known as?
The Haudenosaunee
The Iroquois Confederacy
What did the Wampum belt symbolize?
Peace, when the five tribes laid down their weapons under the tree
The five Haudenosaunee tribes
What was the sixth tribe that joined later and when did they join?
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Cayuga
Tuscarora (1722)
Who was the evil chief?
Chief Tadodaho
Who was the peacemaker and who was his first follower?
Deganawidah
Hiawatha
Who was the Haudenosaunee who wrote a letter to the colonists in the 1700s?
Canasatego
The homes that would fill multiple families in Haudenosaunee
Longhouse
“Your heart shall be filled with peace and goodwill and your mind filled with a yearning for the welfare of the people of the Confederacy. With endless patience, you shall carry out your duty and your firmness shall be tempered with tenderness for your people.”
Great Law of Peace
Which founding father studied the Haudenosaunee
Benjamin Franklin
What sport did the Haudenosaunee invent?
Lacrosse
