Studying the Past
Native Americans
Europeans in Indiana
The French and Indian War
Indiana's early cultures
100

This is a person who studies the past by digging in ancient sites.

An archaeologist.

100

This tribe called themselves the "Twightwee."

The Miami

100

The buying and selling of goods is known as what?

Trade.

100

When the British entered the Ohio Valley, this began what conflict?

The French and Indian War.

100

What were the three ancient cultures of Indiana?

The Adena, The Hopewell, and the Mississippian.

200

This is an object that has been made by humans.

An artifact.

200

This tribe did not want European traders bringing new things to their villages.

The Kickapoo.

200

La Salle was an explorer from which European country?

France.

200

What year did the war end?

1763.

200

What is the other name that the Hopewell culture were known by?

The Mound Builders.

300

This is a group of people connected by a common language, religion and culture.

A cultural group.

300

This tribe was made up of six different clans; Turkey, Turtle, Rounded-Feet, Horse, Raccoon, or Rabbit.

The Shawnee.

300
What good was important for both Europeans and Native Americans to keep warm in the winter?

Fur.

300

Which tribe did the French ally with?

The Potawatami.

300

The Adena culture were hunter gatherers, but they also developed another way to get food. What was it?

Agriculture or farming.

400

When you change to fit new situations, what are you doing?

Adapt.

400

In the summer, this tribe lived in Longhouses, with up to seven families.

The Potawatomi.

400

An area of land that is controlled by an outside government is called what?

A territory.

400

A group of people with a common cause or purpose is called what?

A Confederacy

400

How many years ago did the Adena culture begin?

2,500 years ago.

500

Where do most historians believe the first Americans came from?

Asia.

500

In this tribe, the oldest woman in each longhouse chose the sachem or chief.

The Lenape.

500

Besides the French, who else did the Native Americans trade with?

The British.

500

Who did the British ally with in the conflict? 

The Iroquois confederacy.

500

What invention changed hunting and warfare for the ancient cultures of Indiana?

The bow and arrow.

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