WorksheetsMississippian Culture Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following was NOT a crop grown by the Mississippians?
Maize
Wheat
Beans
Squash
What tool was commonly used by Mississippian people for farming?
Plow
Stone axes
Mechanical harvesters
Fertilizers
What did the Mississippian people use to hunt deer?
Traps
Nets
Bows and arrows
Poison
In Mississippian society, what were the two main social groupings?
Warriors and farmers
Nobles and peasants
Elites and commoners
Merchants and laborers
What was the role of the central plaza in Mississippian villages?
A place for defense
A site for food storage
A gathering place for social and religious activities
A farming area
What defensive structures were common in Mississippian villages?
Stone walls
Palisades
Moats
Fortresses
What purpose did mounds serve in Mississippian culture?
Waste disposal
Platforms for buildings and rituals
Agricultural storage
Fishing sites
What did the chiefs use mounds for in Mississippian society?
To store food
To conduct rituals and bury ancestors
To build defenses
To grow crops
What type of game did the Mississippians hunt?
Lions and tigers
Deer, turkeys, and rabbits
Large elephants
Marine mammals
A hard, sedimentary rock used by Native Americans to make tools and weapons.
Wattle and Daub
Chert
Maize
Horticulture
An American Indian civilization that lived in the Southeastern United States from around 800 CE to 1600 CE. These people stayed in one place and built mounds.
Paleo Indians
Archaic Indians
Mississippian Indians
Cherokee Indians
Also known as corn, this was one of the main crops of the Mississippian culture.
Maize
Squash
Pumpkins
Pine Nuts
Within the Mississippian culture, these were ordinary people with no rank or title.
Chief
Shaman
Elites
Commoners
Within the Mississippian culture, these people held all power and privilege.
Commoners
Farmers
Women
Elites
A building method used by the Mississippian Indians that used interwoven sticks and mud/clay.
Waffle and cone
Wibble and wobble
Wattle and daub
brick and mortar
The Native American complex society was comprised of elites and commoners. Their society was called a ______.
Place the label correctly on the Mississippian Village
