Mississippian Culture

Which American Indian culture was living in Georgia at the time of European contact?

• Archaic

• Paleo

• Mississippian

• Woodland

Mississippian shelters were one-room houses made from interwoven sticks covered with clay or mud known as

• Teepees

• Wattle and daub

• Wigwams

• Pueblos

Mississippian villages were surrounded by

• electric fencing

• barbed wire

• bottomless hole traps

• palisades and guardtowers

These structures served religious, ceremonial, burial and elite residential purposes.

• memorials to their gods

• bronze statues

• earthen mounds

• stone pyramids

A knife made of sedimentary rock used by Mississippian Indians for hunting and defense

• Chert

• Bow and arrow

• Atlatl

• Spear

What types of weapons and tools did Mississippians make to meet the needs of their daily lives? Choose all that apply.

• bow and arrows

• cannon

• stone tools

• guns

• chert knife

Which of the following were a part of the Mississippian diet? Select all answers that apply.

• Fruits

• Vegetables (corn, beans squash, etc.)

• Wild game (deer, rabbit, turkey, etc.)

• Fish and shellfish

A term for Mississippian-cultivated corn.

• maize

• carne

• papas fritas

• grits

How did the Mississippians obtain their food sources? Select all answers that apply.

• agriculture (farming)

• gathering (picking)

• hunting

• fishing

The way in which Mississippian society was organized: a powerful chief, a small number of elites and a large number of commoners.

• autocratic dictatorship

• chiefdom society

• democratic society

• parliamentary democracy