Mississippian Culture and Spanish Exploration

What were palisades used for?

• protect villages against attack

• for decoration and to make villages look nice

• to stop flooding

• they helped grow crops

What were palisades used for?

• protect villages against attack

• for decoration and to make villages look nice

• to stop flooding

• they helped grow crops

What were palisades used for?

• protect villages against attack

• for decoration and to make villages look nice

• to stop flooding

• they helped grow crops

What were palisades used for?

• protect villages against attack

• for decoration and to make villages look nice

• to stop flooding

• they helped grow crops

What were palisades used for?

• protect villages against attack

• for decoration and to make villages look nice

• to stop flooding

• they helped grow crops

Which group of Indians were around when Europeans began exploring the state we now call Georgia?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

In what structure did Mississippian Indians bury their dead?

• Church

• Synagogue

• Mosque

• Flat-Topped Mound

Which tools and weapons did Mississippian Indians use?

• Stone

• Wood

• Bone

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

How were Mississippian Indian towns governed/led?

• Presidents

• Governors

• Chiefs

• Mayors

How was Mississippian society organized?

• It was a monarchy with strict rules of hereditary succession.

• It was a chiefdom with a complex and hierarchical structure.

• It was made up of small, nomadic clans.

• It was an egalitarian, democratic society.