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In which period would Native Americans have been MOST likely to practice hunting and gathering?

• Archaic period
• Settler period
• Woodland period
• Mississippian period

Native American groups from the Ohio Valley spread certain rituals down to Georgia during the Woodland period. The rock piles and earth mounds in Georgia that date to the Woodland period are likely

• dams.
• missions.
• burial mounds.
• food storage areas.

Hernando de Soto and his soldiers often treated Native Americans harshly during the Spanish quest for

• food and drink.
• fame and power.
• gold and silver.
• rivers and trials.

Which grouping lists the main reasons for Spanish exploration of the "New World"?

• "God, glory, and gold"
• "Salt, silk, and spices"
• "Rum, slaves, and molasses"
• "Trade, silver, and jewels"

According to some archaeologists, during which period was the bow and arrow invented?

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleoindian
• Woodland

When looking at the map, what can you tell about the colonial European settlements?

• All of the settlements were in the south.
• All of the settlements were along major rivers.
  
• All settlements tried to avoid the Indian settlements.
  
• All of the settlements were close to major bodies of water.

Which statement provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Paleo Indians were the earliest and LEAST advanced prehistoric culture in North America?

• The Woodland Indians were the first native culture to develop a system of agriculture.
  
• While later cultures lived in settled, permanent villages, the Paleo Indians lived a nomadic lifestyle.
• The Archaic Indians lived in shallow, oval-pit houses and larger rectangular wattle-and-daub dwellings.
  
• The Woodland Indians were more advanced than the Archaic cultures; their tools included the bow-and-arrow.

What impact did European contact have on Native American population between 1500 and 1620?

• population increased
• population decreased
• population remained stagnant
  
• population showed no changes

Earliest Native American culture, only a few of their sites have been found in Georgia.

• Paleo
• Archaic
• Woodland
• Mississippian

Had advanced systems of agriculture; were able to grow corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins.

• Paleo
• Archaic
• Woodland
• Mississippian