Prehistoric Groups
Which American indigenous group is the earliest known people to have lived in Tennessee?
Who are the Paleo people?
What four Precolonial indigenous groups did we study in this unit? (in any order)
Who are the: Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Shawnee
Nancy Ward was known for wanting what?
What was peace between the settlers and the Natives?
The name Tennessee comes from what Yuchi word?
What is Tana-tsee?
What are the three regions Tennessee is divided into?
What are East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee?
Which cultural group is known for making pottery and participating in trade networks?
Who are the Woodland people?
Describe the difference between white chiefs and red chiefs.
Red chiefs lead in times of war, white chiefs lead in times of peace
What was the main purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
What was to keep people from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains to keep peace with the natives?
What settlement is known for being the first settlement west of the Appalachians that had its own government?
What is the Watauga Settlement?
What river is the current border for West Tennessee?
What is the Mississippi River?
List (in order from first to last) the four prehistoric groups we studied:
Which tribe lived primarily in East Tennessee before statehood?
Who are the Cherokee?
Which Cherokee leader opposed the Watauga settlers and predicted more conflict was to come?
Who was Dragging Canoe?
Corn, beans, and squash are known as:
What are The Three Sisters?
The Cumberland Gap allowed people to do what?
What is migrate into Tennessee through the Appalachian Mountains and trade?
Which cultural group built large earthen mounds and developed complex villages?
What are the Mississippian people?
Which tribe lived primarily in West Tennessee before statehood?
Who are the Chickasaw?
Who was the first governor of Tennessee?
Who is John Sevier?
What battle is known for the Patriots (settlers) beating the loyalists (British) and allowing the Cumberland Settlement to continue to grow?
What is the Battle of the Bluffs?
What path helped settlers travel through the Cumberland Gap?
Old Stone Fort (in Murfreesboro) is a known site of which prehistoric cultural people?
Who are the Woodland people?
What is the name modern-day Creek native people use to refer to themselves?
What is Muscogee?
What two leaders are known for helping start/lead the Cumberland Settlement?
Who are James Robertson and John Donelson?
The Overmountain men are famously known for fighting in what battle?
What is the Battle of Kings Mountain?
Challenge: Name all of the states that are touching the state of Tennessee
What are: Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri