5.26-5.28 Indigenous and Precolonial Native Americans

What period did tool use become more common?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

What was the significance of increased farming practices in the Woodland period?

• People started to stay in one place for longer periods of time.

• People were more likely to migrate from place to place following animals to hunt.

• Animal herds were nearing total collapse, and there was no other choice but to farm.

• Increased use of hand tools eventually made their way into farming practices.

Why were American Indians following animals in their early history?

• Since leaders were not present among groups, people just decided to follow animals.

• Animals could lead them to the best farmland.

• Animals were their main source of food in their early history in North America.

• American Indian culture has always had a strong respect for wild animals.

Which of the following is an explanation for how the state of Tennessee got its name?

• The name was proposed by Daniel Smith secretary of the Southwest Territories, in 1796.

• It may have come from Captain Juan Pardo who led a 16th Century expedition through a Cherokee town call "Tanasqui".

• It came from the prehistoric animal whose remains were found buried in Eastern Tennessee.

• The name "Tennessee" comes from the Yuchi word, Tana-tsww, which means "meeting place" or "joining of two rivers."

Which of the following lists the American Indian time periods in Chronological order?

• Woodlands period, Archaic period, Mississippian period, Paleo period.

• Paleo period, Archaic period, Woodland period, Mississippian period.

• Archaic period, Woodland period, Mississippian period, Paleo period.

• Mississippian period, Woodland period, Archaic period, Paleo period.

What was significant about the Archaic period?

• People began moving around the country.

• There were significant advances in farming.

• Tribes began to use tools more frequently.

• Trade became increasingly importan.

What was a similarity between the Creek and the Shawnee?

• In their tribes, the women hunted and men grew crops.

• In their tribes, the women grew crops and men hunted.

• In their tribes, women built the homes and men made the fires.

• In their tribes, women made the fires and men built the homes.

Which one of the following facts are similarities between Chucalissa Village and Pinson Mounds?

• Both locations are sites where prehistoric dinosaur bones were discovered.

• Both locations are sites where American Indian mounds can be located.

• Both locations are sites that were used during the Middle Woodlands period in Tennessee's history.

• Both locations are sites where the American Indians who lived here relied on farming and hunting to survive.

Which of the following best describes the location of the Cherokee Indians?

• Georgia, the Carolinas, and Eastern Tennessee

• Western Tennessee and Northern Arkansas

• Eastern Tennessee and the Coastal Carolinas

• Mostly Georgia and Alabama

Which tribe acclimated better with the Europeans?

• The Chickasaw

• The Creek

• The Shawnee

• The Cherokee