Review for Test: Match the Fact to the Native American Group

Review for Test: Match the fact to the Native American group. Paleo/Archaic/Woodland/Mississippian/Creek/Cherokee

 Earliest group PALEO  Existed between 1000 B.C. and 1000 A.D. WOODLAND  Mother’s brothers raised the children CHEROKEE  No evidence of fixed shelter PALEO  Lived in crude shelters ARCHAIC  Lived between 700 A.D. and 1600 A.D. MISSISSIPPIAN  Invented atlatl PALEO  Two chiefs (one for war time decisions and one for peace time decisions) CHEROKEE  First to make pottery ARCHAIC  Lived between 8000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. ARCHAIC  Discovered along the Ocheese Creek (now the Ocmulgee River) CREEK  Lived in northwestern mountain region of Georgia CHEROKEE  Began to plant seeds for farming ARCHAIC  Called themselves the “awi-yum-wija” or principal people CHEROKEE  Invented Bow and arrow WOODLAND  Strong religious beliefs (worshipped sun and moon) CHEROKEE  Traced family lines through the mother CHEROKEE  Lived in single settlements surrounded by moats and fences MISSISSIPPIAN  Also known as Muscogee Indians CREEK  Lived in dome-shaped huts WOODLAND  Lived on high banks along rivers and streams CHEROKEE  Lived in small villages surrounded by smaller villages CREEK  This period lasted until the European Explorers arrived MISSISSIPPIAN

European Exploration

 How did contact with the Europeans impact Native American population? DEATH/DECLINED IN POPULATION  What was the most devastating effect of European exploration on Native Americans? SPREAD OF DISEASE  Why did Europeans want to explore the Americas (what were they looking for)? SEARCH FOR GOLD  What was the purpose of Spanish missions? TO SPREAD CATHOLICISM  How did Queen Elizabeth I establish dominance over Spain? BY CONQUERING THE SPANISH ARMADA  What were Spanish explorers looking for when they arrived in the Americas? GOLD  Which country had a naval fleet known as the Armada? SPAIN  Which country destroyed Fort Caroline? SPAIN  Why did the Spanish concentrate their colonization on the barrier islands? EASIER FOR SHIPS TO ACCESSTHE SHORE  Which explorer was responsible for introducing the diseases that killed Native Americans? HERNANDO DE SOTO