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Early Alabamians
Early Alabamians 2
New Groups of Native Americans
New Groups of Native Americans 2
Mixed Review
100
To move from one place to settle in another
migrate
100
This word is a synonym for changed.
adapted
100
This was a celebration by the Native Americans to give thanks for the harvest.
Green Corn Ceremony
100
What is one theory for how people first came to settle in North America?
People crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.
100
A human-made lake
reservoir
200
Early Alabamians that followed and hunted large animals and gathered plants to eat
hunter-gatherers
200
A ____________ is the preserved remains of a plant or animal from long ago.
fossil
200
Archaeologist __________________ did work to help us learn more about the Creek Indians.
Jim Knight
200
A chief's advisors is known as his _______________
council
200
To plant or grow crops, or another word for farming
agriculture
300
An explanation for something that has not been proved
theory
300
The period of time before written records were kept
prehistory
300
Beliefs and customs
folklore
300
What was the largest group of Native Americans in Alabama during the 1700s?
Creek
300
A system of ruling people
government
400
An object that was made and used by people long ago
artifact
400
A scientist who learns about the past by studying fossils is a _____________________.
paleontologist
400
Describe the role of women in early Native American groups.
Women cooked meals, cared for the children, and made clothes, baskets, and pottery.
400
Describe the role of men in early Native American groups.
Men cleared the fields, harvested the crops, built homes, and hunted animals.
400
All the surrounding things such as air, land, and water, and conditions that affect living things.
environment
500
The waterway that separates Asia and North America where the land bridge once was is called the _____________________.
Bering Strait
500
A scientist who studies the lives and cultures of people from the past is an _______________________.
archaeologist
500
Without knowing it, what did Spanish explorers do upon their arrival in Alabama?
Spread germs that caused diseases and thousands of Native Americans died
500
What are the names of the 4 main Native American groups that settled in Alabama in the mid-1500s?
Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw
500
Mountains located in the northeastern corner of Alabama
The Appalachian Mountains