1. Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Social Studies 5th Grade Mr. Vida
The Eastern Woodlands
Chapter 2 Lesson 1
Social Studies 5th Grade
Mr. Vida

2. Write about 3 facts about life within the Iroquois league?
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Write about 3 facts about life within the Iroquois league?

3. Iroquois League
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4. What We will see here… Preview:
Beginning more than 1,000 years ago , rich trading kingdoms developed in West Africa.
Places:
Sahara
Ghana
Timbuktu
Mali
Mecca
Songhai
People:
Mansa Musa
Vocabulary:
Caravan
Pilgrimage
Astrolabe

5. Iroquois League
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6. The Eastern Woodlands:

7. The Eastern Woodlands:

8. Legend:
Deganawidah had a vision to end many, many years of bloody tribal battles that took many lives
Deganawidah & Hiawatha convinced the warring groups to join the “Great Peace”

9. Tree of Peace:
People of the 5 tribes buried their weapons and Deganawidah planted a tree over them

10. Iroquois
The name for the Five groups of Indians who joined together for the “great peace”
They formed the Iroquois league & comprised of:
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Cayuga
Seneca

11. Tribe
A tribe is a group of families bound together under a single leadership
Often used to describe people who share a common culture

12. Iroquois League
The 5 tribes sent 50 representatives to the great council – all men
The great council made decisions for the league as a whole
The older women of the tribe choose and could remove these representatives

13. Linked the lands of the tribe, & is located in upper state New York
Iroquois Trail
Linked the lands of the tribe, & is located in upper state New York

14. Eastern Woodlands cultural region:
One of several regions in the U.S.
Native American tribes within each region developed similar cultures using the resources of their environment

15. An area in which people with similar cultures live
cultural region:
An area in which people with similar cultures live

16. Living in the woodlands:
Eastern woodland region provided rich resources
thick forests offered nearly endless wood
Plentiful animals for hunting
Thousands of lakes and rivers for water & fish
Because of the environment, they were able to grow many crops in the fertile soil

17. Living in the woodlands:

18. Living in the woodlands:
The Iroquois used the wood lands for shelter, food, & clothing
The attached pots to trees to gather sap for maple syrup
Also cleared parts of tree areas to make fields for crops

19. longhouse An Iroquois building used for shelter
Could be as long as 150 feet
Divided into living areas for up to 12 families
Rows of cooking fires were placed in the center aisle
Iroquois villages or towns could have as many as 150 longhouses

20. longhouse

21. Iroquois Beliefs & Customs:
Like other native Americans, they felt a deep connection to animals, trees & other resources
When an Iroquois hunter killed a deer, he knelt beside it & spoke to it
Thanking it for the meat & clothing it would bring to his family before skinning it

22. Iroquois Beliefs & Customs:
At harvest time, the Iroquois gave thanks for their crops
“Great spirit in heaven, we salute you with our thanks, that you have preserved so many of us for another year, to participate in the ceremonies of this occasion”

23. Iroquois Beliefs & Customs:

24. wampum

25. wampum
Polished seashells that were hung on strings or woven into belts
Highly valued by the Iroquois
Might be given to honor a marriage, comfort someone, or used as an invitation for peace

26. About 50,000 and many live on reservations in upper new York state
The Iroquois today:
About 50,000 and many live on reservations in upper new York state

27. Land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans
reservation:
Land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans

28. What is the correct sequence of events?
Lesson 2 Review:
What is the correct sequence of events?
The kingdom of Ghana developed in West Africa
Songhai controlled more land than both Ghana & Mali
Mali reached its peak during the rule of Mansa Musa

29. What is the correct sequence of events?
Lesson 2 Review:
What is the correct sequence of events?
The kingdom of Ghana developed in West Africa
Mali reached its peak during the rule of Mansa Musa
Songhai controlled more land than both Ghana & Mali

30. 2. Why did caravans cross the Sahara Desert?
Lesson 2 Review:
2. Why did caravans cross the Sahara Desert?

31. 2. Why did caravans cross the Sahara Desert?
Lesson 2 Review:
2. Why did caravans cross the Sahara Desert?
To trade with the kingdoms of West Africa

32. 3. Why did Timbuktu develop into a center of Muslim learning?
Lesson 2 Review:
3. Why did Timbuktu develop into a center of Muslim learning?

33. 3. Why did Timbuktu develop into a center of Muslim learning?
Lesson 2 Review:
3. Why did Timbuktu develop into a center of Muslim learning?
Mansa Musa brought scholars and artists to Timbuktu and built a center for study, The Great Mosque.

34. Lesson 2 Review:
4. What major resources did West African kingdoms control? What
important resources did they lack?

35. Lesson 2 Review: West African kingdoms controlled gold and lacked salt
4. What major resources did West African kingdoms control? What
important resources did they lack?
West African kingdoms controlled gold and lacked salt

36. 5. Why did Mansa Musa travel with so many people and so much gold?
Lesson 2 Review:
5. Why did Mansa Musa travel with so many people and so
much gold?

37. Why did Mansa Musa travel with so many people and so much gold?
Lesson 2 Review:
Why did Mansa Musa travel with so many people and so
much gold?
Possible Answer: To impress people so that they would trade with him. He also used gold for traveling purposes. No credit cards then!