Classwide Peer Tutoring

Native Americans

Directions: Work in pairs and take turns being the tutor and the tutee. The tutor asks the question and the tutee writes the answer. For each correct answer, the pair is awarded 2 points. For each incorrect answer, the tutee will rewrite the correct answer, with the help of the tutor, and be awarded 1 point. Use the CPT sheets to keep track of your points and answers. Use tally marks for each point. Go through all the questions as many times as possible within the time provided. Good luck!

  1. People first came to North America by: crossing a land bridge
  2. Objects made by people of long ago are called: artifacts
  3. Growing their own food meant people could: stay in one place
  4. Hunters and gatherers moved from place to place to: find food
  5. Two major Native American groups in NYS were: Algonquian and Iroquois
  6. The history, beliefs and customs that a group of people share is their: heritage
  7. A clan is a group of families who have a common: ancestor
  8. Hodenosaunee means: people of the longhouse
  9. Most Native Americans lived in this type of house: longhouses
  10. The rights given by the Iroquois Confederacy are:
  11. Freedom of speech
  12. Freedom to give own views
  13. Freedom of food, clothing and shelter
  14. Freedom of worship
  1. Members of the grand council are: sachems
  2. The 5 Iroquois groups who make up the Iroquois Confederacy are:

  1. Cayuga
  2. Mohawk
  3. Oneida
  1. Onondaga
  2. Seneca

13. The five different groups of Iroquois Indians American formed this around 1570: Iroquois Confederacy

14. The 3 sister crops grown by the Iroquois women are: corn, beans and squash

15. Eastern woodland tribes lived in the land east of the: Mississippi River

16. Before the Europeans came to America, the Indians were a: Stone Age people

17. The Indians traded beaver skins for: metal tools, cookery and guns

18. “Stone Age people” means: they mostly used stone for tools

19. The man responsible for starting the idea of peace among the Iroquois tribes is: Deganiwida

20. The Onondaga leader who helped Deganawida form the Iroquois Confederacy is: Hiawatha

21. Women: planted and gathered

22. The sixth member of the Iroquois Confederacy is: Tuscarora Tribe

23. Animals were used for: food, clothing (buckskin, furs), rugs, trading

24. Fish was used for: food and fertilizer

25. A story used to pass down information from one generation to another is called: legend

26. The head of each clan is the: Clan Mother

*Remember to create your index card for the Native American unit test. You will be allowed to use your completed index card on the test. J