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Part III

DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION

Directions: The task below is based on documents 1 through 7. This task is designed to testyour ability to work with historical documents. Look at each document and answer the ques-tion or questions after each document. Use your answers to the questions to help you writeyour essay.

Historical Background:

The native peoples of New York State have always used nature and nat-ural resources to meet their needs and wants.

Task:

For Part A, read each document carefully and answer the question orquestions after each document. Then read the directions for Part B andwrite your essay.

For Part B, use the information from the documents, your answers to thequestions in Part A, and your knowledge of social studies to write a well-organized essay. In your essay you should:

• Tell how the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) have used nature andthe natural resources around them to meet their needs andwants

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Part A

Short-Answer Questions

Directions: Read each document and answer the question or questions that follow each doc-ument in the space provided.

Document 1The native people of North

America have always dependedupon the natural world for theirsurvival. Watching the changesgoing on in the natural world witheach season, they also look up intothe sky and see it changing. Inmany parts of North America, thenative people relate the cycles ofthe moon (called GrandmotherMoon by many Native Americans)to those seasons. In every year,there are thirteen of those eightdays from one new moon to thenext.

Many Native American peoplelook at the turtle’s back as a sort ofcalendar, with its pattern of thir-teen large scales standing for thethirteen moons in each year, andtwenty-eight smaller scales stand-ing for the twenty-eight daysbetween each new moon. Itreminds them that all things areconnected and that they must try tolive in balance.

1 Tell how Native Americans have used the turtle to explain changes in their natural world. [2]

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Document 2

Man’s summer clothing madeof buckskin

Woman’s summer dressmade of buckskin

Deerskin leggings decoratedwith dyed porcupine quills Deerskin shoulder strap

or waist belt

Rattle made outof deer hoovesworn strappedto the knee of afalse-face dancer

Seneca headdressof wood splints toppedwith eagle feathers

Deerskin capplaced insidethe headdress

Man’s moccasindecorated withdyed porcupine quills

2 Based on the document on page 4, complete the chart below by listing three examples ofthe Iroquois using different parts of animals to make their clothing. In Column I, tell theexact part of the animal used. In Column II, name specific clothing made from the animalpart listed in Column I. [3]

Column I Column II

Animal Part Used Clothing Made

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(2) _________________________________ (2) _________________________________

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Document 3

3 Based on this document, list two examples of how the Iroquois have used plants or animalsto make objects for their special ceremonies. [2]

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Ceremonial Objects:

Husk Faces, also called “bushy head” or “fuzzyhair” masks, represent the supernaturals whotaught humans how to hunt and farm. They aremade by women from braided dried cornhusks.

Turtle shell rattle used inthe false-face ceremony

Burl drum filled with water,used in the eagle dance

Five-feathered fan usedin the eagle dance

Horn rattle used inthe eagle dance

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Document 4

4 Based on these drawings, tell three ways the Iroquois have used trees to meet their trans-portation needs. [3]

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5 Based on this picture and the reading passage, name two different objects from nature thatthe Iroquois have used in making and playing the Peach Pit Game. [2]

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Document 5The Peach Pit Game

A favorite game played at the GreenCorn Festival is the Peach Pit Game.The rules of the game are simple. Sixpeach pits are painted with a color onone side. The pits are placed in a wood-en bowl. The player raps the bowlsharply on the ground, and the pitsbounce. Points are scored on how manypits turn up the same color.

The game may go on for days beforethere is a winner. People place bets onwho the winner will be. Clans oftencompete with each other.

This game reminds the people thatmaterial wealth is not important. Playersbet with a favorite possession, such as aribbon shirt or a turtle rattle. If this islost to the other player, the belief is thatthe item will be waiting for the person inthe “next world.”

Bowl and markers for the Peach Pit Game

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Bowl and markers for the Peach Pit Game

Document 6Iroquois Objects Made from Shells

6 Choose two Iroquois objects and explain how each one has been used in daily life. Be sureto match the object with its daily use. [2]

Object How Used in Daily Life

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Fish hook

War club

Spoon

Scraper

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Document 7

7 Using the picture above, list two different natural resources or parts of a natural resourcethat the Iroquois have used to meet their need for shelter. Then tell how each resource hasbeen used. [4]

(1) Name one natural resource.

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Tell how it has been used.

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(2) Name another natural resource.

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Tell how it has been used.

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Iroquois building longhouses

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Part B

Essay

Directions: Write a well-organized essay using the documents, the answers to the questionsin Part A, and your knowledge of social studies.

Historical Background:

The native peoples of New York State have always used nature and nat-ural resources to meet their needs and wants.

Task:

Using information from the documents and your knowledge of socialstudies, write an essay in which you:

• Tell how the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) have used nature andthe natural resources around them to meet their needs andwants

In your essay, remember to:

• Tell how the Iroquois have used nature and the naturalresources around them to meet their needs and wants

• Include an introduction, body, and a conclusion

• Use information from the documents in your answer

• Include details, examples, or reasons in developing your ideas

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