food
shelter
tools and weapons
culture
true or false
100
what types of food did the Mississippians eat
corn, beans, squash, deer meat, etc.
100
what did they use for their shelter?
they used log cabins, stone huts, and grass huts.
100
what kinds of weapons did they use?
the used bow and arrow and made small triangular arrowheads. They also used the same kinds of other stone tools that earlier people have used-knives, scrapers, modified flakes, hammer stones, and so forth.
100
what was the Mississippian culture?
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1600, varying regionally.
100
true or false
the Mississippians played stick ball
true
200
did they just eat the food they were provided?
no, they used their foo to make weapons, tools, and even clothes
200
did they make the shelters quickly?
no it took them quite awhile because they needed to gather the materials an that took a while to gather all of it together
200
what were their weapons made out of?
they were made out of stone, deer skin or leather and really anything they could get their hands on
200
what were the key points in the culture?
The “three sisters”—corn, squash, and beans—were the three most important crops. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto brought diseases and cultural changes that eventually contributed to the decline of many Mississippian cultures.
200
true or false
the Indians would bathe in the body's of water near them
true
300
how did they get the food?
They got the food by hunting, fishing and killing what they needed
300
did they have a summer and winter shelter
true or false
true
300
what were there tools made out of?
The Mississippians fashioned their tools from pottery, stone, wood, and shell. They chipped stone into arrow points, knives, and scrapers, or shaped stones into axes called Celts and bone into awls and fishhooks.
300
why was corn the most important crop?
It was the most important because it was really easy to make and it fed a lot of people.
300
true or false
the Europeans hated the Indians and just used them for resources.
false
400
true or false
Mississippians used food for everything they needed?
false, they used bones,spears and other cool things from animals to use.
400
were the shelters helpful to the Indians?
Yes because they could fit more than 2 family's in one shelter so they didn't have to make a lot of the shelters
400
did they ask the Europeans for some of their resources to get better stock with there weapons and tools?
Yes, in fact the Europeans gave them resources to make them themselves.
400
why did the Europeans like the Mississippian culture?
They thought it was cool because they did everything. they did crop growing to stick ball and if they wanted to get something they would just trade and that part of their culture was really cool.
400
the Mississippians got into a war with the Europeans
true or false
false
500
what was so important about them getting food?
it was so important because they didn't just use food for eating, they used it for clothes, warmth, weapons and more.
500
why didn't they ask the Europeans or help with their shelter or even better a better shelter?
They didn't want to ask because the Europeans helped them get cured from diseases, they gave them weapons and tools and other useful
500
why was the weapons an tools so helpful?
they were helpful because thy help hunt,fish and even shoot for food, clothes and more.
500
did the culture spread?
Not at firs but once the Europeans started to interact wit the Indians then it started to grow from there
500
true or false
they both traded with each other and communicated well
true