4th Grade - Alabama Studies Weekly - Week 3

The temple mound was a place where mound builders performed rituals.

• True

• False

The name "Alabama" comes from a Choctaw word that means "clearers of the thicket."

• True

• False

The Woodland Indians preferred to have the whole tribe follow herds of animals from one group of woods to another.

• True

• False

Archaic Indians later became known as

• Woodland Indians

• Mississippian Indians

• Paleo Indians

When did the natives begin to raise crops?

• when they met the "three sisters"

• when they stayed in one place longer

• after the Europeans came

What is a tool used for throwing spears?

• bow and arrow

• atlatl

• decoy

Some of the main tribes living in Alabama when the first European explorers arrived were

• Creek

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Woodland

• Mississippian

The natives who not only stayed in one place, but who also learned to trade with other villages for things they needed, were know as

• Woodland Indians

• Mississippian Mound Builders

• Choctaw Indians

What are the "three sisters"?

• three American Indian sisters

• corns, beans, squash

• potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes

What did the Mississippian mound builders use the mounds for?

• to perform rituals

• to grow crops

• to hunt from