Category 1
This type of history is not written down but passed on by the spoken word.
What is oral history?
This is a traditional story that is told to explain customs and beginnings.
What is myth?
This tribe lived on the coast of South Carolina but no longer exists.
Who are the Yamasee?
Corn also goes by this name. It was very important to the Cherokee, Catawba, Yamasee, and many other tribes.
What is maize?
This town was the largest Mississippian site. It can be visited today and is the home of Monk's Mound/
What is Cahokia?
This crop was 1 of the 3 Sisters and grew on the ground.
What is squash?
Flint and other material was struck with this river rock called a......
What is a hammerstone?
This network of woven branches was used as building material.
What is wattle?
This blunt stone tool was used with a mortar.
What is a pestle?
This tree is highly respected by tribes of the Southeast. It was believed to carry prayers to heaven.
What is the cedar?
These large prehistoric animals were hunted by Paleo Indians.
What is megafauna?
This crop grew on vines that climbed stalks of maize.
What are beans?
The Mississippians were a _______society because clan membership and property passed to the child from the mother.
What is matrilineal?
This tool was used as a spear-thrower and is older than the bow and arrow.
What is the atlatl?
This man created the Cherokee Syllabary.
Who is Sequoyah?
This is a man-made object with historical significance.
What is an artifact?
This mixture of mud, clay, and straw was used by Woodland and Mississippian people to build their homes.
What is daub?
This technology replaced the atlatl.
What is the bow and arrow?
This tribe lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and South Carolina and are now the largest tribe in the United States.
Who are the Cherokee?
This plant was used by tribes to make blowguns, flutes, and knives. It was also a food source of the buffalo.
What is river cane.
This region was the home of the Cherokee.
What is the Blue Ridge
These structures were built to keep enemy warriors out of a town or village.
What are palisades?
The Eswau were once one of the most powerful tribes in the Southeast and go by this name.
Who are the Catawba?
This bowl was made from stone or wood and was used to crush seeds, acorns, maize, berries and other foods.
What is a mortar?
This type of stone was used by the Cherokee, Catawba, and Yamasee to make knives, arrowheads, spearpoints and other objects.
What is flint?