Native People and Explorers 1

If the earliest inhabitants of what we now call Georgia did not have a method of writing, how do we know anything about them and their culture?

• Intuition

• Artifacts

• Palisades

• Horticulture

Why were the indigenous peoples of North America called "Indians?"

• They rode horses and used bow and arrows

• They were originally from Indianapolis

• Christopher Columbus gave them that name because he thought he was in the Indies of the Pacific Ocean

• They had migrated here from India in the Eastern Hemisphere

How do historians know that Paleo-Indians lived in the are we now call Georgia?

• They found journals and diaries written by their medicine men

• They found "Clovis" spear points in the area that is now Georgia

• Spanish explorers encountered them

• The British army fought them in the American Civil War

Which island were rings of oyster shells dating back to 2,500 - 1,500 BC found that provided proof of the existence of the Archaic Culture in Georgia?

• Shell Island

• Sea Island

• Stallings Island

• Two Tree Island

Which prehistoric culture used the bow and arrow for the first time?

• The Woodland Culture

• The Mississippian Culture

• The Archaic Culture

• The Paleo-Indian Culture