Vocabulary
What is Indigenous?
The first people who lived in a place before others came.
The first indigenous settlements were?
Paleo Tribe
What are two ways the Archaic people got their food as they moved around?
Hunting and gathering
What two periods during the Woodland period were very difficult?
Paleo and Archaic period
What was the biggest difference between the Mississippian and Woodland?
mounds, planting of corn, and trading
What are Permanent settlements?
Places where people build homes and live for a long time
What period did the Paleo Tribe often use stone tools as they hunted and gathered for food, like mastodons and nuts?
Ice Age
Unlike the Paleo people, the Archaic people started to use specific ways to make hunting easier. What was it?
Farming or planting crops
What allowed people to stay in one place during the Woodland period?
Agriculture
What was the result of trading more with other communities?
Creating complex towns and art
What are Long Hunters?
explorers and hunters who took long trips, sometimes for months, to hunt animals and explore new land.
Like the Paleo tribe, they were nomadic, moving to hunt animals and gather plants for food. What was the name of the tribe that shared the same custom?
Archaic Tribe
What was a way during the Archaic period, people began to settle more permanently and started to produce food instead of only hunting and gathering?
Early Farming
What was new about the Woodland period compared to the Paleo and Archaic periods?
People started farming and stayed in one place.
What is one important thing that the Mississippian people did that was different from the Woodland people?
They built large mounds and traded with other groups.
What is a Nomadic?
Moving from place to place instead of living in one location all the time.
What state did the Paleo Tribe reside in?
Tennessee
What development of these small projectile points are used for hunting?
Stemmed arrowheads
What is one famous Woodland site in Tennessee?
Old Stone Fort in Coffee County
What did trading allow for Native Americans during the Woodland period?
Created different resources like pottery, jewelry making, and clothing
What is a maize?
Corn, a plant grown for its kernels that can be eaten or used to make food.
What tool did the Paleo Tribe use that is like the spear thrower?
Atlatl
What change in climate after the Ice Age allowed the Archaic people to expand their diet and develop new tools?
warming climate
Who came to play games and take part in ceremonies?
Native Americans
What was the most famous Mississippian Mound complexities?
Chucalissa, near Memphis