Quiz on Southeast Nations

Which group did many of the nations of the Southeast descend from?

• The Creek Confederacy

• The Cherokee people

• The Mound Builders

• The Appalachian communities

What was the purpose of stickball in the cultures of the Southeast?

• To celebrate the corn harvest

• To settle disputes and have fun

• To honor supernatural beings

• To mark the beginning of agricultural cycles

What did Sequoyah invent in the 1800s?

• A transcontinental trade network

• A method for communal farming

• An alphabet for the Cherokee language

• The Creek Confederacy

How were families grouped in the nations of the Southeast?

• By the father's lineage

• By the mother's lineage

• By their profession

• By their age group

What did the different colors of towns in Southeast nations represent?

• Red for harvest, white for planting

• Red for peace, white for war

• Red for war, white for peace

• Red for ceremonies, white for daily life

What did the syllabary do for the Cherokee language?

• It made the language more difficult to understand.

• It made the language easier to pass on.

• It introduced a new spoken dialect.

• It decreased the number of people who could speak Cherokee.

What did the Catawba build?

• Confederacies

• Harvests

• Palisades

• Clans

What is a palisade?

• A ceremonial fasting time

• A group of families claiming a common ancestor

• A fence made of sharpened wooden posts

• Plant materials, such as straw, laid over each other

What does "clan" refer to?

• A religious ceremony

• A group of families claiming a common ancestor

• A group of people, organizations, or countries that join together for a common cause

• Beyond the world and laws of nature that can be seen or observed

What is the meaning of "civil" in the context of this vocabulary list?

• Related to the government, not religious or military organizations

• An act or series of actions done in the same way in a certain situation

• A group of people, organizations, or countries that join together for a common cause

• To gather crops at the end of the growing season