| A | B |
|---|
| Early Native American Cultures | Paleo, Archaic, Woodland & Mississippian |
| Prehistoric people passed their history, beliefs, and traditions to other generations by | Oral History |
| Evidence of items used by ancient peoples, such as pottery shards, weapons, tools, jewelry, are called | Artifacts |
| Which Native American mound, made of rocks, is in the shape of an eagle? | Rock Eagle Mound |
| Which prehistoric Indian culture included three distinct periods: early, middle, and late? | Archaic |
| What was the archaeological treasure trove known as the midden? | Garbage Piles, usually made of shells |
| Which definition best describes a barter economy? | Trading items or services without the use of money |
| probable reason for the disappearance of the Mississippian tribes? | Disease, starvation, moved away in search of food, died out because of tribal warfare |
| Which prehistoric Indian culture hunted, fished, raised livestock, and cultivated crops? | Mississippian |
| Which statement best explains why there are so few Paleo sites in Georgia? | Because the Paleo Indians were nomadic, they did not leave many artifacts in one place. |
| Which factor resulted in prehistoric Indians settling in groups in a permanent area? | Horticulture: Indians began to cultivate plants as foods. |
| Which statement best explains why archaeologists claim that learning to make and use pottery was one of the greatest contributions of the Archaic Indians? | Pottery could be used to store food, allowing prehistoric Indians to survive living in one area. |
| Which statement explains why archaeologists consider prehistoric Indians to have believed in some form of life after death? | Burial mounds for the dead contained items such as tools, tobacco pipes, and weapons. |
| The remains of once-living things, such as animals, are called | fossils |
| The earliest people to enter North America crossed the _________________________ in search of food. | Bering Land Bridge |
| Items used by humans thousands of years ago are called ____________________. | Artifacts |
| The test used to date prehistoric tools, weapons, pottery, or other items is called the ____________________ test. | Carbon 14 |
| Paleo Indians lived in a period known as the ____________________ or the Old Stone Age. | Paleolithic |
| Scientists who dig in the earth to locate artifacts that tell us about prehistoric people are known as ____________________. | Archeologists |
| Scientists who study the culture of prehistoric people are called ____________________. | Anthropologists |
| a term that describes the beliefs, traditions, music, art, and social institutions of a group of people. | Culture |
| Prehistoric people who roamed from place to place following animal herds rather than settling down in one location were called ____________________. | Nomads |
| The major crop of the Creek and Cherokee was corn, which they called ____________________. | maize |
| A(n) ____________________ is a group of people who share common ancestry, names, and a way of living. | tribe |
| the science of cultivating plants and trees, began in the Archaic period. | Horticulture |
| Groups of historic Indians who were related by blood were known as a(an) ____________________ within an Indian tribe. | Clan |
| Some villages were protected by moats, guard towers, and wooden fences. | Mississippian |
| Nomadic Hunters | Paleo |
| People began to turn from large game to smaller animals for food. | Archaic |
| People began to band together in groups called tribes. | Archaic |
| People painted or tattooed their bodies and often wore feather headdresses. | Mississppian |
| People hunted primarily with long wooden spears. | Paleo |
| People developed drills, choppers, and chipping tools made from deer antlers. | Archaic |
| The highest prehistoric culture in Georgia’s history lived during this period. | Missippian |
| People first used the bow and arrow for hunting. | Woodland |
| People first used a grooved axe on a wooden handle. | Archaic |
| This period is also known as the Temple Mound period. | Missippian |
| People built cone-shaped burial mounds for their dead. | Woodland |
| Evidence indicates that people moved each season in search of food. | Archaic |
| People started horticulture, the cultivating of plants and trees. | Archaic |
| People first baked pottery to make it last longer. | Woodland |
| Indians in this period grew most of their own foods. | Missippian |
| Evidence indicates that several small groups banded together to form camps. | Archaic |
| This was the oldest known prehistoric Indian period. | Paleo |
| People first used clay containers to store, cook, and serve their foods. | Archaic |
| People hunted with long weighted spears with hooks on the end. | Archaic |
