Indigenous People and Settlements in Tennessee

What does Tana-tsee mean?

• where the people come together

• where the mountains come together

• where the forests come together

• where the rivers come together

What do the Mississippian and Woodland cultures have in common?

• They were both nomadic.

• They were both mound builders.

• They both lived far away from water sources.

• They both hunted prehistoric animals.

Which group of people lived in Tennessee 12,000 to 14,000 years ago?

• Mississippian

• Woodland

• Paleo

• Archaic

Which group of indigenous peoples lived in Tennessee about 8,000 years ago?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

Which group of indigenous peoples lived in Tennessee from 1000 B.C. to 1,000 A.D.?

• Woodland

• Mississippian

• Paleo

• Archaic

Which group of indigenous peoples lived in Tennessee from 1,000 A.D. to 1500 A.D.?

• paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

Which group of indigenous peoples lived in Tennessee when the state was covered by melting glaciers?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

Which group of indigenous peoples may have lived in rock shelters in Tennessee?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

Which group of indigenous peoples lived in permanent settlements that had chiefdoms with elite and common classes?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

Which group of indigenous peoples lived in permanent settlements and grew maize in Tennessee?

• paleo

• archaic

• woodland

• mississippian