5.26-5.28 Indigenous and Precolonial Native Americans

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What period did tool use become more common?

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Archaic

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What was the significance of increased farming practices in the Woodland period?

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People started to stay in one place for longer periods of time.

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Why were American Indians following animals in their early history?

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Animals were their main source of food in their early history in North America.

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Which of the following is an explanation for how the state of Tennessee got its name? Options: The name was proposed by Daniel Smith secretary of the Southwest Territories, in 1796. It may have come from Captain Juan Pardo who led a 16th Century expedition through a Cherokee town call "Tanasqui". It came from the prehistoric animal whose remains were found buried in Eastern Tennessee. The name "Tennessee" comes from the Yuchi word, Tana-tsww, which means "meeting place" or "joining of two rivers."

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The name "Tennessee" comes from the Yuchi word, Tana-tsww, which means "meeting place" or "joining of two rivers."

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Which of the following lists the American Indian time periods in Chronological order?
Woodlands period, Archaic period, Mississippian period, Paleo period.
Paleo period, Archaic period, Woodland period, Mississippian period.
Archaic period, Woodland period, Mississippian period, Paleo period.
Mississippian period, Woodland period, Archaic period, Paleo period.

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Paleo period, Archaic period, Woodland period, Mississippian period.

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What was significant about the Archaic period?

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Tribes began to use tools more frequently.

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What was a similarity between the Creek and the Shawnee?

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In their tribes, the women grew crops and men hunted.

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Which of the following best describes the location of the Cherokee Indians? Georgia, the Carolinas, and Eastern Tennessee, Western Tennessee and Northern Arkansas, Eastern Tennessee and the Coastal Carolinas, Mostly Georgia and Alabama

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Georgia, the Carolinas, and Eastern Tennessee

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Which tribe acclimated better with the Europeans? Options: The Chickasaw, The Creek, The Shawnee, The Cherokee

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The Shawnee

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How did the Cherokee differ from the other tribes?

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The Cherokee lived in towns and other tribes lived in villages.