First Humans
The part of Russia and Alaska that were connected during the last Ice Age is known as ________
Beringia
During the Woodland period, many people lived in small groups mostly made up of families and relatives. These groups were called ___________
bands
Mississippian peoples played a game called ________ which involved rolling a disc and seeing who could throw a pole or spear closest to it.
chunky
After many Indigenous people died from the new diseases, their way of life had to change. As surviving towns communicated and cooperated, they eventually formed groups like the __________________.
Muscogee Creek Confederacy
Most Chickasaw families had separate summer and winter___________.
houses
The first humans to come to the Americas are known as________________
The first humans to come to the Americas are known as Paleo-Americans.
Many Woodland peoples began building _________ on top of the graves of important people.
mounds
Mississippian peoples mostly lived in ________ people led by a chief.
chiefdoms
Each Muscogee Creek town had a chief, called a ______
mico
The Cherokee and other Indigenous peoples in Alabama built _______________ homes, which were made of wood or cane with grass, clay, mud,or plaster to fill in the cracks.
wattle and daub
According to the _______________ Russia and Alaska were connected by land during the last Ice Age and ancient peoples came across this bridge to North America.
2.
Land Bridge Theory
After the Woodland period, people began growing more and more of their food, especially ____________
maize or corn
__________is a Mississippian town in western Alabama that was likely very powerful. It has __________mounds and once had a wall made of large logs.
Moundville; 29
The__________ was one of the most important religious ceremonies of the year. It was celebrated by most Indigenous peoples in Alabama.
Green Corn Ceremony
Choctaw peoples enjoyed a sport called _______ to settle arguments instead of fighting.
stickball
Paleo-Americans might have also come from Asia to North America in ___________.
boats
Woodland peoples often had large __________ where they grew many kinds of food.
gardens
In the early 1500s, explorers from ________ appeared in Alabama.
They also brought diseases like the ________- that killed many people.
Spain
smallpox
Corn, beans, and squash were known as the __________. They were often planted together. Each plant does something to help the others.
Three Sister
According to tradition, the ____________ and _____________ once one people. Legend says they split after twin brothers argued about _________________
Choctaw & Chickasaw
where to go next
After the Paleo period, life began to change. People started using new technologies like axes and stone pots. They began trading with other groups and growing more of their food. This era is called the ____________ period.
Archaic
Because_________ is easy to find in Alabama, archaeologists have found many types of pottery from the Woodland period.
clay
The Indigenous peoples had no ------------- to the diseases, so many died.
immunity
The Choctaw and many other Indigenous peoples believed in the _______________ which was known by many names.
Great Spirit
We have a large amount of written history from the Cherokee because of the writing system, which was invented by ___________ in ___________.
Sequoyah in 1821.