Early Native Americans of Florida Lesson 4

Culture is

• the way of life of a group of people.

• a popular movie

• a famous musical group

• the geography of an area of land

Which two are NOT one of the early Native American tribes living in Florida?

Choose 2.

• Calusa

• Seminoles

• Cherokee

• Timucua

• Tocobaga

The environment where each tribe lived affected their culture.

• True

• False

Middens are __________________________.

• piles of old wood.

• trash piles of shells, bones, and other items.

• worn on the hands when cold outside.

• a tool used for farming.

What is a palisade?

• a beautiful building in France

• a native American dance

• a high wooden fence around a Native American village

• a Native American ball game using a basket and a small ball

What did the Tocobaga and the Calusa use the atlatl for?

• to play a game

• to practice cooking

• to use for walking through rough terrain

• to hunt

The Apalachee did LESS farming than any other Native American tribe in Florida.

• True

• False

Fertile means:

• good for growing crops

• very lucky

• very unlucky

• not good for growing crops

What are sea grapes?

• a vegetable

• a type of corn

• a fruit

• a type of grain

What did tribes use to scrape out the insides of tree logs to make canoes?

Choose 2.

• stones

• sticks

• shells

• saws

• empty coconuts