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4th Grade - Alabama Studies Weekly - Week 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The temple mound was a place where mound builders performed rituals.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The name "Alabama" comes from a Choctaw word that means "clearers of the thicket."

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Woodland Indians preferred to have the whole tribe follow herds of animals from one group of woods to another.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Archaic Indians later became known as

a)

Woodland Indians

b)

Mississippian Indians

c)

Paleo Indians

5.

When did the natives begin to raise crops?

a)

when they met the "three sisters"

b)

when they stayed in one place longer

c)

after the Europeans came

6.

What is a tool used for throwing spears?

a)

bow and arrow

b)

atlatl

c)

decoy

7.

Some of the main tribes living in Alabama when the first European explorers arrived were

a)

Creek

b)

Cherokee

c)

Choctaw

d)

Woodland

e)

Mississippian

8.

The natives who not only stayed in one place, but who also learned to trade with other villages for things they needed, were know as

a)

Woodland Indians

b)

Mississippian Mound Builders

c)

Choctaw Indians

9.

What are the "three sisters"?

a)

three American Indian sisters

b)

corns, beans, squash

c)

potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes

10.

What did the Mississippian mound builders use the mounds for?

a)

to perform rituals

b)

to grow crops

c)

to hunt from