Mississippian (both) American Indians
The Mississippians were the first to do this on a large scale.
What is farming?
These were the two main tribes living in Georgia during the mid-1500s.
Who are the Cherokee and Creek?
Both Creek and Cherokee grew these crops in their villages.
What are corn, squash, and beans?
Both the Cherokee and Creek used these to hunt small animals.
What are blowguns?
The Mississippian culture began to disappear soon after this group arrived.
Who are the Europeans?
They grew these three crops, often called the “Three Sisters.”
What are maize (corn), squash, and beans?
Cherokee winter homes were known as this because they trapped heat inside.
What is a “hothouse”?
Cherokee summer homes were built with these walls and roofs.
What are clay walls and thatched roofs?
Both tribes also used these tools to catch fish.
What are fishing spears and hooks?
What was the main purpose of the council house in Cherokee and Creek villages?
What is for government meetings?
Mississippians built these large, flat-topped structures for ceremonies and burials.
What are burial mounds?
Creek summer homes had this unique feature.
What is no walls (so breezes could blow through)?
Creek winter homes had walls made of this mixture.
What are clay and moss?
Mississippians were skilled craftsmen who made these four items.
What are pottery, pipes, instruments, and jewelry?
Why did the Creek and Cherokee have such similar weapons and foods?
They lived close together, traded, and shared environments
Name two materials the Mississippians used to make their tools and weapons.
What are stone, wood, and bone?
Both the Cherokee and Creek built their towns around this central structure.
What is a council house (for government meetings)?
Why did Georgia’s Indians settle near waterways? (Name two reasons.)
What are food, water, transportation, or trade?
Cherokee and Creek also made these sharp stone tools.
What are flint knives and arrowheads?
Compare Cherokee and Creek shelters (explain BOTH summer & winter homes).
Cherokee – summer clay/thatched, winter hothouse over fire pit.
Creek – summer no walls, winter clay/moss with bark & grass roofs.
Mississippian settlements were protected by these two things.
What are guard towers and moats?
Name two foods the Cherokee and Creek got from Georgia’s wildlife.
What are deer, turkey, fish, or mussels?
This type of structure protected Creek and Cherokee villages.
What is a palisade (log wall)?
Both tribes used this type of axe made from stone.
What is a stone axe?
Imagine you are a Cherokee in the 1500s... Name two things in your daily life that Europeans would find surprising.
unique homes, farming, tools, religious ceremonies, etc.