Geography of MS
MS became a state on
What is December 10, 1817?
This tribe lived in central Mississippi and focused on agriculture.
Who are the Choctaw?
Large earth mounds built for ceremonies and burials.
What is a ceremonial mound?
100 – Groups of families related by a common ancestor.
Answer: What is a clan?
Food, pottery, tools, and clothing were exchanged this way.
Answer: What is barter?
Longitude is
What is north and south?
This northern Mississippi tribe was known for warrior traditions.
Who are the Chickasaw?
Trading goods directly without using money.
What is barter?
A system where family ties were traced through the mother’s side.
Answer: What is matrilineal?
Special beads sometimes used as trade tokens.
Answer: What is wampum?
Latitude is
What is east and west
This tribe had a ruler called the Great Sun and built ceremonial mounds.
Who are the Natchez?
Shell beads used as money or gifts in trade.
What is wampum?
These groups of leaders or elders made tribal decisions.
Answer: What is a council?
Stories and history were kept alive through this tradition.
Answer: What is oral tradition?
4 states border MS
What is LA, AL, GA, and TN?
Tribe that organized into smaller settlements in northern Mississippi.
Who are the Chickasaw?
Passing stories and history by word of mouth.
What is oral tradition?
An agreement between groups or tribes for trade or protection.
Answer: What is an alliance?
Mississippi tribes formed these for protection or trade.
Answer: What are alliances?
The exact positon of a place or object on Earth.
What is absolute location?
Tribe that used councils for decision-making.
Who are the Choctaw?
A government system where one leader holds power over several villages.
What is a chiefdom?
Pottery, tools, and clothing were examples of these achievements.
Answer: What are cultural achievements (or handmade goods)?
What helped keep the heritage of Mississippi tribes alive?
Answer: What are traditions like storytelling?