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Mississippian People & Great Plains Native Americans

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How can archeologists tell that the Mississippi people had a diverse trading network?

a)

Items that were not natural to the area were found, like shells, obsidian, copper, and mica.

b)

Maps were found that showed very detailed trade routes.

c)

Evidence showed that canoes were used all over the rivers to trade goods like shells, obsidian, copper, and mica.

d)

Native Americans wrote down stories that told us about it.

2.

What is an "effigy mound" or "geo form"?

a)

Mounds that had many animals buried in them.

b)

Mounds that had the Great Sun buried in them.

c)

Mounds that were of geometric shapes and were covering the skeletons of dead bodies.

d)

Mounds that looked like specific animals that had flattops.

3.

What do architectural historians believe the relationship in between the mound shapes and the spaces around them?

a)

They believe that the shape of the mound and the space around the shape of bears, serpents, or birds.

b)

They believe that the shape of the mounds and the space around the Great Sun.

c)

They believe that the shape of the mounds and the space revolves around cosmology; the sunrise and sunset, solstices and equinoxes, and the underworld.

4.

What are the links between the Mississippi sites and the Mesoamerican sites? Choose all that apply

a)

pottery with graphics of human sacrifice

b)

evidence of ball games and sun worship

c)

evidence of gold

d)

evidence of skull deformation

e)

evidence of hieroglyphs

5.

DeSoto was the first European explorer to discover Native American settlements in the Mississippi core area.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The botanist who visited the Yuchi and Creek Indian villages in the 1700s made connections between ceremonial courtyards, ball fields, and winter council houses. He suggested that they might be constructions of the Mississippian descendants.

a)

Albert Gallatin

b)

William Bartram

c)

Hernando DeSoto

d)

Antoine Le Page du Pratz

7.

Explorer theorized that the mound builders had migrated from Mexico because they had corn and horticulture techniques.

a)

Hernando DeSoto

b)

William Bartram

c)

Albert Gallatin

d)

Antoine Le Page du Pratz

8.

Explorer who spent four years among with Natchez. He drew sketches of the burial ceremony of the Great Sun and the strangling of his wives. He noticed the tattooed serpent and wooden bird effigies decorated in the roofs.

a)

Hernando DeSoto

b)

William Bartram

c)

Albert Gallatin

d)

Antoine Le Page du Prat

9.

What do historians think the cause of the Cahokia demise was?

a)

Depletion of resources

b)

The political and economic power were challenged or weakened.

c)

Climate changes and disease were a factor.

d)

It is possible that it was a combination of the above.

10.

True or False: As the largest prehistoric Indian site north of Mexico, Cahokia Mounds covered about 4000 acres and included at least 120 mounds.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What were some reasons why the Great Plains Native Americans were nomadic? Check all that apply.

a)

Winters were extremely cold and summers were very hot dramatic weather events.

b)

They were always chasing their food because they hunted buffalo, deer, elk, and antelope.

c)

It was part of their religion that they were not to stay in one place for too long.

d)

They had horses to help them get from one place to another so traveling was not difficult.

e)

They were in constant was with other tribes so they had to stay on the go.

12.

A ceremony held by the Great Plains Native Americans in which they would pray to their creator for aid. It was held in the summer and men would buffalo hunt.

a)

The Hunters Dance

b)

Sun Dance

c)

Buffalo Dance

d)

The Great Creators Dance

13.

What was the best part of the buffalo according to the source in your packet?

a)

Rawhide

b)

Muscles

c)

Tail

d)

Brains

e)

Tongue

14.

What types of homes did the nomads of the Great Plains Native Americans live in?

a)

Wigwams

b)

Tipis

c)

Plank Houses

d)

Adobe Mounds

15.

An ancient doctor, healer, or priest, they were called upon for religious ceremonies.

a)

Priest

b)

Shaman

c)

Great Sun

d)

Travois

16.

_________________ refers to the areas of central and southern Mexico as well as areas of Central America.

a)

North America

b)

Mesoamerica

c)

Equatorial Guinea

d)

Canada

17.

The _______________ were known for engineering, architecture, mathematics, and astronomy.

a)

Incans

b)

Mayans

c)

Aztecs

d)

Excellians

18.

The _______________ culture built great cities around flat, pyramid-shaped mounds.

a)

Missourrian

b)

Alabaman

c)

Mississippian

d)

Plains

19.

The ________________ Peoples, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Cherokee, descended from the Mississippians and built cities around a central square.

a)

Southwestern

b)

Anasazi

c)

Waxahatchee

d)

Southeastern

20.

The natives of _____________ left their towns and became nomadic buffalo hunters and master horesemen.

a)

the Great Plains

b)

New England

c)

Mesoamerica

d)

Canada

21.

What are two main advantages of teepees?

a)

They had an easily recognized cone shape.

b)

They were easy to move from place to place.

c)

They were made from easy-to-find materials.

d)

They could easily be decorated by Plains women.

e)

They provided good protection from an enemy attack.