Early Time Periods
The time period during which the nomadic lifestyle was most typical.
What is the Paleo Period?
The Cherokee called the celebration of new beginnings by this name.
What is the Green Corn Ceremony?
The popular game played competitively by early Native Americans in the Carolinas was __________________.
What is chunkey?
When ancestry is passed through the mother's family it is called ________________.
What is Matrilineal?
Columbus called Native Americans "Indians" for this reason.
What is he was lost and thought he was in the West Indies of India?
Glaciers disappeared during this Native American time period.
What is the Paleo Period?
The Catawba were called the "People of the River" for this reason.
What is the Catawba's dependence on fish for food?
Native American individuals had a significant amount of independence or ________________ regarding the government of their clans.
What is Autonomy?
The smallest group within the Native American society.
What is a clan?
Columbus' birthplace.
What is Italy?
Scientist found that the Mortar and Pestle were first used during this early time period.
What is the Archaic Period?
The development of artistic expression on daily utensils indicate this about early Native Americans.
What is a more settled life?
An unusual product the Native Americans used to deal with bug bites.
What is Bear Grease?
The primary goal of war among Native American tribes is __________________.
What is Revenge?
The country that became the richest nation in Europe as a result of Columbus' voyage and discovery.
What is Spain?
Middens were studied by this type of scientist.
What are anthropologists?
The reason that, due to their habits, Native Americans were often called the first Conservationists.
What is the practice of getting food by way of hunting, gathering, fishing and farming evenly?
During the music and dancing of religious ceremonies Native Americans often used _________________ to cause them to see things that were not really there.
What are hallucinogens?
Punishment of children is usually in the form of _______________.
What is revenge?
The three locations referred to by the name "Old World".
What is Asia, Africa and Europe?
The two most important developments of the Woodland time period.
What is agriculture and Bow and Arrow?
The primary goal of the chief of a clan was to be sure to maintain ___________________ among the members of the clan.
What is Harmony?
The method Native Americans without a written language used to pass their history on to later generations.
What is storytelling?
The freedom a Native American child- especially boys, ended with this event.
What is Rite of Passage?
The most profitable business venture for many of the early Carolina colonists - more so than in any of the other colonies.
What is the Indian Slave Trade?