SS8H1a Native Cultures of Georgia

The Mississippians were considered to be horticulturalists, which means they were

• Native Americans.

• hostile to non-Mississippians.

• people who relied on hunting and gathering.

• people who grew plants, fruits, and vegetables.

During the Mississippian period, many Native American groups set up large fields where they primarily grew

• rice.

• maize.

• cotton.

• soybeans.

Which is the BEST description of the Native American point of view about land usage and ownership?

• Native Americans held very little respect for the land and were not concerned with conserving resources.

• Native Americans believed that each family owned its own plot of land and was free to sell it at any time.

• Individual land ownership did not exist and the idea of selling land to European settlers was foreign to them.

• Native Americans believed that the Europeans would never build permanent settlements here, so land ownership was not a major concern for them.

Which statement provides the BEST evidence to support the explanation that led to the Mississippian Indians eventually reorganizing into the Cherokee and Creek Indian Tribes?

• The Mississippian Indians had succumb to European diseases after DeSoto's interaction.

• The Mississippian Indians had succumb to cultural divisions after DeSoto's interaction.

• The Mississippian Indians had succumb to political disagreements after DeSoto's interaction.

• The Mississippian Indians had succumb to agricultural enslavement after DeSoto's interaction.

During which period were the people organized as chiefdoms?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

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.

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

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

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

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleoindian
• Woodland

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 two major groups of American Indians lived in Georgia when Europeans began exploring Georgia during the mid-1500s? (Choose 2)

• Creek

• Cherokee

• Sioux

• Inuit