GA First People Study Guide

Sequoyah invented the ______________ written language.

• Creek

• Cherokee

• English

In addition to owning a trading post, Sequoyah was also a

• mailman and doctor

• farmer and blacksmith

• blacksmith and silversmith

In 1814, Sequoyah saw American men writing letters to their families. He decided that his people needed their own____________ ____________.

• books to read

• numbers

• written language

It took Sequoyah ______ years to complete the Cherokee written language.

• 2

• 12

• 8

Sequoyah's language had ______ symbols.

• 45

• 105

• 85

Who was a Creek Indian and became a translator. Her mother was a Creek Indian and her father was an English trader.

• Mary Booth

• Mary Musgrove

• Sally Musgrove

While working the trading post with her husband, Mary met ______________ and became a translator for him.

• James Anderson

• King George

• James Oglethorpe

James met a Native American named __________________.

• William

• Thomas

• Tomochichi

Tomochichi gave James land to help him colonize _________________.

• Savannah, Georgia

• Savannah, Alabama

• Florida

Tomochichi was a _______ Indian Chief.

• Cherokee

• Yamacraw

• Creek