The First Americans Chapters 10-12

Question 1

How Were Mounds Made?

Answer 1

Mound builders took baskets of dirt and poured the dirt on to a specific place and then they molded it and pressed it.

Question 2

Which President Dug into a mound?

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

What state had the most mounds

Answer 3

Ohio

Question 4

Which Farmer Found 30 Mounds on Their Farm?

Answer 4

M. C. Hopewell

Question 5

Define Sophisticated

Answer 5

Complex Or Wordly-Wise

Question 6

Define Canines

Answer 6

Teeth that are good for tearing food especaily meat

Question 7

Where are places to see mounds

Answer 7

Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois

Question 8

What are the 3 Rivers that associate with mounds

Answer 8

Mississippi River, Missouri River, Illinois River

Question 9

What is Cahokia?

Answer 9

An Indian city

Question 10

What does the Haudneosaune mean

Answer 10

People Of The Longhouse

Question 11

What does cultivation mean?

Answer 11

Growing something or improving its growth

Question 12

Why do men wear deer antlers?

Answer 12

To look like deers so they wont notice them if they hide their bodies

Question 13

Were mound builders great traders?

Answer 13

Yes, Mound builders were great traders. Archeologists were able to find this out because they Found pieces of copper things in the mounds

Question 14

Why is farming more advanced than hunting and gathering?

Answer 14

You cannot control the nature of hunting and gathering, but farming is absolutely in your control.

Question 15

How could you measure how advanced a society is?

Answer 15

How many years people lived, how long death ceremonies were

Question 16

Was the Eastern Forest a good place for humans and animals?

Answer 16

Yes, it was a great place for humans and animals. The trees were thick, with lots of passenger pigeons. There is good food for both humans and animals all over the forest. The Indians cleared away the brush with fire so it seems like a good park.

Question 17

Where was the Eastern Forest

Answer 17

The Eastern Forest was the area between Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi River

Question 18

How did men get rid of trees?

Answer 18

Girdling. They cut the bark all the way around the tree, which kills the tree, but it does take awhile for it to die. In fact these trees are used for firewood.

Question 19

What Happenend to 16M People

Answer 19

They were killed by dissease

Question 20

We have lost many games but we have never been defeated

Answer 20

That quote means that they have lost many games but their spirits were never lost.

Question 21

The Iroquois referred to North America as_______________

Answer 21

Turtle Island

Question 22

Haudenshonee, Six Nations, and the Iroquois are different names for the same group of Native Americans. True or False?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What feature of the U.S government is similar to the Iroquis government?

Answer 23

The U.S government used to be a confederation, like the Iroquis government

Question 24

Were the Iroquis the only Indians to form a league of Indian nations?

Answer 24

No. The Huron did along with the “C” nations