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Iroquois Confederacy Unit Test

Part A: Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer question 1

The power of the chiefs in the Grand Council was balanced by the role of the______, who ensured that the chiefs were representing the needs of their clan and nation, and that they obeyed the rules of the Great Law of Peace.

1)  Which word which fills in the blank in the paragraph above to make it most accurate is:

a)  Peacemaker.

b)  Grand Chief.

c)  Clan Mother.

Use the following to answer question 2

Speaker from the Mohawk Deer Clan:
"Using this technique to reach a decision sometimes took several days to come up with a solution which was fair and agreeable to everyone."
Speaker from the Oneida Turtle Clan:
"We met and talked and discussed what to do at great length and had a fair solution created, but, by the time we had all agreed to a solution, it was too late for the actions we chose."

2)  The speaker from the Mohawk Deer Clan and the Oneida Turtle Clan both refer to one of the problems with using consensus as a decision making model. This problem can be summarized as:

a)  Time.

b)  Fairness.

c)  Equity.

3)  The principle that helped maintain peace and created a system of government for the confederacy was called:

a)  The Haudenosaunee.

b)  The Gayaneshakgowa (Great Law of Peace).

c)  Treaty of La Grande Paix du Montreal.

4)  To keep and maintain their history the Iroquois Confederacy passed stories down from one generation to the next. This was done through:

a)  Oral history

b)  Video taping

c)  Writing stories down

5)  The Iroquois Confederacy is used as an example of an early democratic society. The Iroquois Confederacy built a government and used a decision making process which was based on the democratic ideals of equality and fairness. This clear through :

a)  The use of consensus building

b)  Who was able to be represented as Hoyaneh

c)  Only women were able to share their opinions

6)  The wampum belt shown in the photo above was used by the Iroquois to indicate:

a)  the clan to which an person belonged.

b)  the social status of an Iroquois man.

c)  the history and events of the Iroquois Confederacy.

7)  The use of consensus as a way of making decisions by the Haudenosaunee showed their beliefs that:

a)  all people are equal and it is only fair that the needs and opinions of all people are considered.

b)  decisions should be made slowly and they should never be rushed into

c)  accepting the choice of the majority of the people was the only fair way to make a decision.

Use the following information to answer question 8

Bijal is a star student in Grade 6. She takes careful notes in class and organizes them in her binder by topic. Today, as we walks down the stairs at school, her Social Studies binder slips from her hand and falls, popping open and spilling her notes out. Her friends help Bijal gather her spilled papers and they all head to the library to help her put them back into her binder.
Deepa finds this page: / ·  established by the Great Law of Peace.
·  Made up of 50 chiefs.
·  Make decisions for the Confederacy.

8)  Deepa hands the page to Bijal who looks at it and knows that she should place it in which of the following sections of her binder?

a)  Decision Making Process of the Iroquois Confederacy.

b)  Grand Council of the Iroquois Confederacy.

c)  Role of Clan Mothers in the Iroquois Confederacy.

9)  When comparing women in the Iroquois Confederacy to women in Ancient Athens, Iroquois women had:

a)  More rights

b)  Equal rights

c)  Fewer rights

10)  Who in the Iroquois Confederacy owned the majority of the property?

a)  Men

b)  Women

c)  Clan Mothers

11)  Within the Iroquois confederacy what form of government was used?

a)  Direct Democracy

b)  Consensus building

c)  Representative Democracy

12)  Hoyaneh represented each clan. They were chosen by the

a)  Previous Hoyaneh.

b)  Clan Mothers.

c)  People.

d)  Women’s Council.

13)  What was the sixth nation’s name that entered the Iroquois Confederacy?

a)  Seneca

b)  Tuscarora

c)  Dekaniwidah

d)  Oneida

14)  Where was the Iroquois Confederacy located?

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Part B: Matching

Match the following with the best description below.

A. / Great Law of Peace
C. / alliance
G. / Hoyaneh
E. / longhouses

____ 1. The ______was the leader of a clan.

____ 2. Large dwellings where people of the same clan lived were called ______.

____ 3. The ______was an agreement that there would be no more wars amongst the nations in the Iroquois Confederacy.

____ 4. An ______is an agreement among a group of nations to support each other.

______

B. / Peacemaker
D. / oral history
H. / wampum
F. / Grand Council

____ 5. ______is a verbal record of the past.

____ 6. The ______was also known as Dekanawidah.

____ 7. ______is a record of a past agreement.

____ 8. The ______discussed issues that involved all of the Confederacy.


Part C. Short Answer:

15)  Decisions were made by all 5 nations at the Grand Council. The nations made the decisions in a specific order. Label diagram to show how a decision was reached. Include where consensus succeeded or failed.

Older Brothers, Younger Brothers, Keepers of the Council Fire, consensus succeeded, consensus failed

16)  The Iroquois people used consensus to make decisions in their society. Mark each statement for whether it is an advantage (A) or a disadvantage for using consensus to make decisions.

Allows a fair decision to be reached.

Creates a decision which is acceptable to all.

Decisions are sometimes unable to be reached.

Allows equal input of all affected by the decision.

Respects the needs and right of all involved in the decision making process.

17)  For each of the following boxes select which phrase belongs in each box to identify the following Wampum belts and explain their importance to the Iroquois Confederacy. Box 3 and 4 each will be used twice.

Image / Belt / Importance
/ 1 / 3
/ 2 / 4

____ Hiawatha Wampum

____ Guswentah Wampum (Two Row Treaty)

____ Represented a treaty between First Nation and the European

____ Represents an offer of Peace to any nation willing to follow under the Great Law of Peace

____ Represents mutual respect, peace, and friendship

____ Represents the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy

18)  There are four important parts on the Tree of Peace. Label the 4 parts and explain why they are important to the Iroquois Confederacy.

A

B

C

D

___ Warn the people of Iroquois Confederacy of danger

___ Spread Peace to another nations willing to join

___ Commitment by Iroquois Confederacy not to go to war with each other

___ Promise of protection to everyone in the Iroquois Confederacy