SS8H1: Part 1 Assessment

__________________________ inhabited Georgia from about 800 to 1600 CE, and were around when Europeans began exploring the area.

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleo
• Woodland

_____________________ built flat-topped burial mounds and had religious ceremonies.

• Mississppian Indians
• Cherokee
• Paleo
• Woodland

In Georgia, the earliest earthen and rock mounds date back to the Middle Woodland Period. How were the mounds used during this period?

• to define social status
• to serve as burial sites
• to expand farming territory
• to attract large game animals

The first inhabitants of Georgia who lived between 10,000 and 13,000 years ago were known as what?

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleo
• Woodland

Which people were the FIRST to use burial mounds and live in tribes?

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleo
• Woodland

Which of the following was a major development of the Woodland Period?

• atlatl
• bow and arrow
• pottery
• tattoos

Choose the correct order of the four prehistoric time periods and give the date range for each.

• Archaic, Woodland, Paleo, Mississippian
• Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian
• Paleo, Artifact, Woodland, Mississippian
• Woodland, Mississippian, Archaic, Paleo

Which people were the first to live in tribes and build permanent villages with dome shaped huts?

• Paleo
• Archaic
• Woodland
• Mississippian

During which time period did people settle down and start farming?

• Paleo
• Archaic
• Woodland
• Mississippian

Which culture hunted large ice-age mammals with clovis points attached to long spears?

• Paleo
• Archaic
• Woodland
• Mississippian