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Visual 100

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Weapon used here?

Visual 100

Answer:

Atlalt

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Visual 200

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Identify this

picture.

Visual 200

Answer:

Middens

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Visual 300

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Which prehistoric Indian tradition produced this pottery?

Visual 300

Answer:

Woodland

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Visual 400

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During which period was this effigy

mound constructed?

Visual 400

Answer:

Woodland

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Visual 500

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Which Native American group lived in villages such as this?

Visual 500

Answer:

Mississippians

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Weapons/Tools 100

Question:

Of what material were MOST Paleo tools

made of ?

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Weapons/Tools

100 Answer:

Stone

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Weapons/Tools

200Question:

Projectile point associated with the

Paleo Indians?

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Weapons/Tools 200

Answer:

Clovis point

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Weapons/Tools 300

Question:

Which people were the FIRST to use the atlatl?

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Weapons/Tools 300

Answer:

Paleo

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Weapons/Tools 400

Question:

The bow and arrow first appeared during this

period?

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Weapons/Tools 400

Answer:

Woodland

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Weapons/Tools 500

Question:

A defensive wall built around a Mississippian

village?

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Weapons/Tools 500

Answer:

Palisade

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Diet 100

Question:

Paleo people would be described as?

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Diet 100Answer: Nomadic,

Prehistoric, Very Old

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Diet 200Question:

Large wooly animal hunted by Paleo

Indians?

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Diet 200

Answer:

Mammoth

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Diet 300

Question:

Indian tradition known for their advanced

farming techniques?

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Diet 300

Answer:

Mississippian

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Diet 400

Question:

During which prehistoric period did large game

become extinct?

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Diet 400

Answer:

Archaic

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Diet 500

Question: Mississippian Indians relied heavily on this

agricultural crop?

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Diet 500

Answer:

Corn

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Firsts 100

Question:

Pottery first appeared during this period?

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Firsts 100

Answer:

Archaic

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Firsts 200

Question:

Designs on pottery first appeared during this

period?

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Firsts 200

Answer:

Woodland

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Firsts 300

Question:

Effigy mounds first appeared during this

period?

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Firsts 300

Answer:

Woodland

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Firsts 400

Question:

Who were the first people to use burial mounds?

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Firsts 400

Answer:

Woodland

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Firsts 500

Question:

Most advanced of the Indian traditions?

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Firsts 500

Answer:

Mississippian

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Other 100

Question:

Oldest known Native American culture?

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Other 100

Answer:

Paleo

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Other 200

Question:

During which prehistoric period did

horticulture begin?

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Other 200

Answer:

Archaic

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Other 300

Question:

The prehistoric Indians cultivation of

plants resulted in?

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Other 300

Answer:

The establishment of permanent settlements

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Other 400

Question:

Why have so few Paleo artifacts been found in

any one place?

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Other 400

Answer:

People moved frequently and did not leave many artifacts

behind.

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Other 500

Question:

First Indian tradition to live in tribes?

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Other 500

Answer:

Woodland

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Grab Bag 600

Question:Why did the Archaic

people move frequently?Check Your

Answer

Grab Bag 600

Answer:

to find enough food

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Question:Why do archaeologists believe that prehistoric

Indians believed in some form of life after death?

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Grab Bag 700

Answer: Burial mounds contained

items such as tools, tobacco pipes, and

weapons.

Grab Bag 800

Question:

Which early people grew tobacco to use in

ceremonies?

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Grab Bag 800

Answer:

Mississippians

Grab Bag 900

Question:Which prehistoric people were the FIRST to paint and tattoo their bodies?

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Grab Bag 900

Answer:

Mississippians

Grab Bag 1000

Question:

Give 3 characteristics of the Paleo culture.

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Grab Bag 1000 1st – Lived During the Ice Age

10,000 – 8,000 BCGiant Bison, Mammoths, SlothsCamped out in openSometimes dug pits to stay warmDidn’t stay in one place for very long --

NomadicDidn’t live longClovis Point – jabbing and killing animalsDeveloped the atlatl and hunted primarily

w/long wooden spearsShort Life Span (30 – 40 Years Old)

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Question:

Give 3 characteristics of the Archaic culture.

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Grab Bag 1000Warmer climate Large animals diedSmall game (rabbits, deer, Atlatl squirrel Less NomadicClay Pottery Life after DeathCollected nuts, roots, fruits, Middens (ate

oystersseeds, and berries. & shellfish)

Developed tools to crush seed, berries, and nuts.Grooved axes to cut down trees and bushesUsed pottery to save and plant seeds for plants

and seeds for growing seasons (horticulture)Caught turtles, fish, shellfish, birds, and smaller

mammals.Made hooks and nets for fishing.Evidence indicates that they moved each season

in search of food

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Question:

Give 3 characteristics of the Woodland culture.

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Other 1000

Earthen mounds – Kolomoki Effigies -- Rock EagleBow and ArrowSaved Seeds TribesDid Not Move Around as MuchTradeBuilt cone-shaped burial mounds

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Question:

Give 3 characteristics of the Mississippian culture.

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Grab Bag 1000Mississippi RiverCorn and BeansHarvested CropsCommunity StorehousesConstant Supply of FoodPermanent Settlements with Palisades

and MoatsChiefdomsPainted and Tattooed BodiesAlso Known as the Temple Mound PeriodLarge villages with impressive buildings

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Question:

What was a midden?

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Other 100

Garbage piles of shells

Grab Bag 500

Question:Why do archaeologists claim that learning to make and use pottery was one of greatest contributions of the Archaic Indians ?

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Grab Bag 500

Pottery could be used to store food.

Grab Bag 200

Question:What is a barter

economy?

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Grab Bag 200

trading items or services without the

use of money

Grab Bag 300

Question:Why do archaeologists think that prehistoric

Indians believed in some form of life after death?

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Grab Bag 300

burial mounds for dead contained tools, tobacco

pipes, and weapons

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Question:What identifies the

Mississippian civilization as being more advanced

than the others?

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Grab Bag 400

sophisticated farming methods, tools, dress and fashion styles,

villages.

Grab Bag 100

Question:What are artifacts?

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Grab Bag 100

items left behind by ancient people such as pottery shards, weapons, tools and jewelry

Grab Bag 600

Question:Why are there so few Paleo sites in

Georgia?

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Grab Bag 600

Paleos were nomadic and did not leave many artifacts in one

place.

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Question:What are probable reasons

why the Mississippian civilization disappeared so

early?

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Grab Bag 800

tribal warfare, moved away in search of food,

disease or starvation.

Grab Bag 400

Question:What factor helped prehistoric Indians

establish permanent settlements?

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Grab Bag 400

cultivating plants as food (horticulture)

Grab Bag 200

Question:How long did the

Woodland Indians live?

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Other 200

2,000 years

Final Jeopardy

Give the time period that people built small, dome shaped huts with grass

tops as shelters.

1,000 BC – 1,000 AD

VOCABULARY

The beliefs, traditions, music, art, and social institutions of a group

of people who share common experiences

A) culture

B) religion

C) antiquities

D) Archaic

culture

A wide ditch around a village palisade used to provide protection against attack

A) moat

B) effigy

C) midden

D) Beringia

moat

An economy based on the ability to trade or exchange goods or

services without the use of money

A) market economy

B) traditional economy

C) barter economy

D) global economy

barter economy

A social and political institution that developed during the Mississippian

Indian period which would consist of one to many villages

A) chiefdom

B) effigy

C) bartering

D) mayor

chiefdom

Bits of broken pottery left by earlier societies

A) sherds

B) mastidons

C) Archaics

D) palisades

sherds

People who dig into the earth to find artifacts that will tell us something

about early inhabitants

A) archaeologists

B) psychologists

C) anthropologists

D) geologists

archaeologists

ancient relics

A) culture

B) antiquities

C) anthropologists

D) horticulture

antiquities

A large extinct mammal from the elephant family

A) mammoth

B) bison

C) giant sloth

D) camel

mammoth

The general term archaeologists use for the stone points

(“heads”) of spears and arrows made by Indians

A) clovis points

B) effigy

C) projectile points

D) atlatl

projectile points

Garbage heaps of discarded oyster and mussel shells

A) moat

B) effigy

C) middens

D) Beringia

middens

A wall made of tall posts built around Mississippian Indian

villages for protection

A) stilts

B) stonewall

C) palisade

D) compound

palisade

Relating to a more primitive time; old

A) Woodland

B) Archaic

C) Paleo

D) Mississippian

Archaic

Leaf-shaped flint projectile points having fluted sides

A) palisade

B) clovis points

C) atlatl

D) clans

clovis points

An image of a person or an animal

A) moat

B) effigy

C) middens

D) Beringia

effigy

The exposed land between Alaska and Siberia during the Ice

Age that served as a bridge between North America and Asia

A) Russia

B) peninsula

C) middens

D) Beringia

Beringia

A type of rock that is formed in successive layers

A) moat

B) artifacts

C) projectile points

D) shale

shale

People who use artifacts along with cave drawings, well-traveled pathways, and oral

history to study the culture of a group

A) archaeologists

B) psychologists

C) anthropologists

D) geologists

anthropologists

wanderers

A) sherds

B) clans

C) tribes

D) nomads

nomads

A group of people who share a common ancestry, name, and

way of life

A) moat

B) tribe

C) culture

D) clan

tribe

Pottery shards (pieces), weapons, tools, jewelry, or any items that were made by people

A) moat

B) artifacts

C) projectile points

D) shale

artifacts

very old

A) Woodland

B) Archaic

C) Paleo

D) Mississippian

Paleo

Groups of people who believe themselves related by blood

A) tribe

B) effigy

C) middens

D) clans

clans

A spear-throwing tool developed by early prehistoric Indians to increase the

speed and distance a spear could be thrown

A) sherds

B) clovis point

C) bow and arrow

D) atlatl

atlatl

The science of cultivating plants and trees

A) biology

B) horticulture

C) chemistry

D) bioculture

horticulture