Chapter 2 Native Mississippians Test

The long and dangerous journey to Indian Territory during which many Native Americans died was called the _______.

• Tears of the Great Sun

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Trail

• Fantastic Journey

A storehouse for grain used by Native Americans was called a _______.

• Calumet

• Clan

• Granary

• Conquistador

Which of the three major Mississippi tribes practiced human sacrifice when the chief died?

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Natchez

• Chickasaw

Who was the tribal leader of the Natchez?

• Tattooed Serpent

• Great Sun

• Little Bighorn

• Chief Pushmataha

Mississippi Native clans were exogamic. What does “exogamic” mean?

• a. They traced their family line through the mother instead of the father

• b. They were required to marry outside of their clan.

• c. They were forced to give up their lands to the government.

• d. They married within their own clan to protect the bloodline.

What was the main difference between the Choctaw and the Chickasaw nations?

• The Chickasaw were more peaceful than the Choctaw and were more agrarian.

• The Chickasaw spoke the Tunican language and the Choctaw spoke the Muskogean language.

• The Choctaw were more peaceful and agrarian while the Chickasaw were fierce warriors and hunters.

• The Choctaw were fierce warriors who relied on agriculture.

__________ was the French fort that was attacked by the Natchez Indians.

• Fort Rosalie

• Fort St. Pierre

• Fort Knox

• Fort Sumter

What three tribal stories were common among the Mississippi Natives?

• Creation, Migration, and Death

• Creation, Flood, and Nativity

• Creation, Flood, and Redemption

• Creation, Migration, and Flood

What three fishing techniques were used by Mississippi Native Americans?

• Grabbling (reaching into sunken logs and grabbing fish with hands), Stupefying (using plants and herbs that would stun the fish), and Kicking the bottom of a lake or stream and making it muddy so the fish swim to the top

• Grabbling, Spearfishing, and bow and arrow

• Stupefying (using plants and herbs that would stun the fish), Fishing rod, Casting a net from a boat

• Kicking the bottom of a lake or stream and making it muddy so the fish swim to the top, spearfishing, and casting a net from a boat

What does the word matrilineal mean in this passage?

• The Natchez traced their lineage through their father.

• The Natchez was a tribe that did not respect women.

• The Natchez trace their lineage through the mother.

• Only women were allowed to be Chief.