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 were at the center of Mississippian villages and served religious, ceremonial, burial and elite residential purposes.

• memorials to their gods

• bronze statues

• earthen mounds

• stone pyramids

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

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

What impact did European exploration and colonization have on the Mississippian Indians? Select all answers that apply.

• Many Native Americans converted to a new religion.

• Native Americans allied themselves with various European groups.

• Many Native Americans became ill from newly introduced diseases.

• Native American economies responded to European demand for goods.

• Many Native Americans died from European warfare and technology.