SS8H1a: Native Americans

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.

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.

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

What impact did the development of horticulture have on pre-European Native American peoples?

• It allowed them to grow their own food so that they did not have to move around so much.
• It allowed them to hunt more easily.
• It made shellfish their most important source of food.
• It made pottery more durable and useful.

What was distinctive about the Mississippians who occupied Georgia from 800-1600?

• They were the first white settlers in North America.
• They were the last undisturbed Native American culture to live in Georgia before the arrival of the Europeans.
• They originally came from Spain.
• They discovered Native American populations throughout North America.

Archaeologists think that prehistoric Indians believed in some form of life after death because

• burial mounds contained items such as tools, tobacco pipes, and weapons
• legends of afterlife were passed down from generation to generation.
• pictographs and cave drawings depicted a spiritual afterlife.
• tribal centers had churches and other symbols of worship.

Based on the map, what regions do the Cherokee Indian inhabit?

• Blue Rdige, Piedmont, Ridge and Valley
• Appalachian Plateau, Coastal Plain, Piedmont
• Piedmont, Ridge and Valley, Coastal Plain
• Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, Appalachian Plateau