Other Facts
What were the wampum used to do?
They were used for trade.
What word refers to the beliefs, traditions, and ways of life of people?
Culture
What was the main tribe in the Coastal Plains?
The Tuscaroras
What was the main tribe of the Piedmont?
The Catawba
What was the main tribe of the Mountains?
The Cherokee
What happened to the climate 10,000 years ago?
It got warmer.
What is a group of advisors?
A council
Why was it such a big deal when the Coastal Plains people discovered agriculture?
They no longer had to follow their food source and could stay in one place.
Where did the people of the Piedmont go in the different seasons?
In the winter and fall they went to the hills and in the summer and spring they lived near rivers and streams?
What were the Cherokee really good at?
Where and how do historians think people got to North America?
Historians think they came on a land bridge from Asia.
What word describes working at just one job?
Specialize
What was the main crop of the tribes that spoke Algonquin?
Corn
What was the government of the Catawba (the people of the Piedmont) like?
They would all meet to discuss issues but the council made up of eldest men made the decisions.
Describe the government of the Cherokee people (the people of the Mountains)?
They were a confederation made up of seven clans. Each Cherokee belonged to a clan and each clan had a representative.
Why were the early Native Americans nomads?
Because the had to keep moving to follow their food.
What is a large group made up of several smaller groups called?
Confederation
Where did the people of the Coastal Plains mostly settle?
By rivers and streams.
What were the three crops the Piedmont people planted together?
Beans, corn and squash.
What happened during the Green Corn Ceremony?
It was a celebration of the new harvest. The fires in the village would be put out. They would clean their houses. The women would present the new corn crop to the tribe then they would relight the fire in the council house. The fire from the council house would be used to relight the fires in everyone's homes.
What was the purpose of the Catawba meeting house?
For the members of the tribe to discuss problems.
What is a government in which the people take part?
Democracy
Describe the shelter of the people in the Coastal Plains.
The lived in longhouses.
Describe the shelter of the people in the Piedmont.
They lived in round domed houses. These houses were grouped under palisades.
Describe the shelter of the people in the Mountains.
They lived in rectangular houses in the summer and round houses in the winter.