Unit 3 Ch 1 People of the Southeast

which geographic feature had the greatest affect on the Cherokee people?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Appalachian Moutains

• Mississippi River delta

• Atlantic Ocean

How is a person's clan determined in the cultures of the Southeast?

• by a test

• by birth

• personal choice

• by a religious leader

in Southeast nations, why were parts of towns designated as red or white?

• one color was responsible for farming and the other for hunting

• one color was responsible for villagers and the other travelers

• one color was responsible for peace and the other war

• one color was responsible for men and the other women

what was the purpose of stickball?

• bring children into adulthood

• gain political standing

• to choose a new chief

• settle disputes

• have fun

what is celebrated at the midsummer busk

• formation of Creek Confederacy

• invention of stickball

• initiation into a new clan

• the corn harvest

which detail belongs to Cherokee tribe?

• spoke Siouan

• fished sellfish

• used shells as tools

• had a written alphabet

which detail belongs to the Catawba tribe?

• held a midsummer busk

• played stickball

• built palisades

• part of Creek Confederacy