Louisiana Indian Tribes Quiz

Which 2 tribes disappeared from Louisiana by 1730?

• Tunica and Choctaw

• Atapaka and Tunica

• Natchez and Atapaka

• Chitamacha and Atapaka

How did the different tribes of Louisiana that spoke different languages solve the problem of communication when trading?

• By using a lot of hand gestures

• By drawing pictures in the mud

• By learning French and using it to trade

• By using Mobilian Jargon

What were some of the things that the Indians of Louisiana traded with the French?

• Pots, pans, and rugs

• Guns, knives, and swords

• Blankets, guns and pots

• Blankets, guns and knives

What did some Louisiana Indians build to hold ceremonies to their gods and for good harvests?

• Churches

• Mounds

• Middens

• Nomadics

Read the following and tell which scenario describes allies.

• Alice gives her friend, Grace an a black eye.

• Joe wants his best friend, Jake, to show him how to do a left-handed lay-up.

• Mary and her friend makes cookies.

• Kate is having trouble with fractions. She gets the math "nerd", Hank to study with her as he is studying for the fraction test.

What do Archaeologists dig up to find trash that ancient Indians threw away?

• Middens

• Immunity

• Epidemics

• Cemeteries

What is an artifact?

• An ancient garbage dump

• Objects made by prehistoric people like tools and weapons

• A way of hunting with a spear and a rope

• Artificial hills created by humans

What was the story that named Baton Rouge?

• The French saw a bloody animal on a stake by the river that was killed by the Houma Indians. The French saw it and named it Baton Rouge.

• Bayougoula Indians used a stick to mark the site for killing and skinning animals. The French saw it and called it Baton Rouge.

• A bloody stick was stuck in the ground to mark the boundary of Houma and Bayougoula hunting grounds. The French saw the red stick and called it Baton Rouge.

• The French marked the place with a red stick to show the best place to come ashore and trade with the Bayougoula and the Houma Indians. They called the place Baton Rouge.

Why did Hernando De Soto explore the southern part of the United States?

• He was looking for gold.

• He was looking for extra land for Spain.

• He was looking for slaves to work the land.

• He was looking for the fountain of youth.

How do we know what the Louisiana Indians looked like and how they lived around the 1600 - 1700s?

• The tribes kept great written records

• From the journals, letters and drawings made by the French and Spanish Explorers

• From the pictures the French and Spanish explorers took and published in a book.

• From historians digging up artifacts in the Indian's trash dumps.