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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which American Indian culture was living in Georgia at the time of European contact?
Archaic
Paleo
Mississippian
Woodland
- 2. Multiple Choice
Mississippian shelters were one-room houses made from interwoven sticks covered with clay or mud known as
Teepees
Wattle and daub
Wigwams
Pueblos
- 3. Multiple Choice
Mississippian villages were surrounded by
electric fencing
barbed wire
bottomless hole traps
palisades and guardtowers
- 4. Multiple Choice
These structures served religious, ceremonial, burial and elite residential purposes.
memorials to their gods
bronze statues
earthen mounds
stone pyramids
- 5. Multiple Choice
A knife made of sedimentary rock used by Mississippian Indians for hunting and defense
Chert
Bow and arrow
Atlatl
Spear
- 6. Multiple Choice
What types of weapons and tools did Mississippians make to meet the needs of their daily lives? Choose all that apply.
bow and arrows
cannon
stone tools
guns
chert knife
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following were a part of the Mississippian diet? Select all answers that apply.
Fruits
Vegetables (corn, beans squash, etc.)
Wild game (deer, rabbit, turkey, etc.)
Fish and shellfish
- 8. Multiple Choice
A term for Mississippian-cultivated corn.
maize
carne
papas fritas
grits
- 9. Multiple Choice
How did the Mississippians obtain their food sources? Select all answers that apply.
agriculture (farming)
gathering (picking)
hunting
fishing
- 10. Multiple Choice
The way in which Mississippian society was organized: a powerful chief, a small number of elites and a large number of commoners.
autocratic dictatorship
chiefdom society
democratic society
parliamentary democracy
- 11. Multiple Choice
Mississippian villages were usually located near
rivers
mountains
swamps
fall line
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture? Select all answers that apply.
A space to grow maize, sunflowers and beans
A cemetery for the elite members of society
A sports complex for Mississippian children to play
A platform for the homes of priests and chiefs
A gathering space for political, religious and social activity
- 13. Multiple Choice
Our knowledge of the Mississippian Indian culture comes from which primary sources (first-hand accounts)? Select all answers that apply.
written records from Europeans who encountered them
movies made about Mississippian culture
textbooks written about Mississippian culture
artifacts excavated from Mississippian villages
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