1. Chapter One: Converging Cultures
Sections Two and Three: Native American Cultures and African Cultures
A. The Iroquois League
a. The Iroquois were several ____________ American tribes living in
the Northeastern United States.
b. These groups often _______________ with each other.
c. In the 1500’s, __________ of these groups joined together and
formed the Iroquois League, or Iroquois Confederation.
d. These groups had an ______________ with each other to prevent war.
e. Each tribe kept its ___________________.
f. They had a ___________________ that set up how the Confederacy
would work.
B. Slavery and the Slave Trade
a. Slavery and the trading of slaves had been part of ________________
society for hundreds of years.
b. Slaves were _____________ between different tribal groups.
c. The slave trade began to ______________ in the 1400’s.
d. The __________________ began to trade gold and slaves with
the Africans.
e. Some of the slaves worked on Portuguese _______________
plantations.
f. As Europeans began demanding more sugar, the need for slaves
_________________.
g. When Europeans began making ______________ in American, the
demand for slaves increased even more.