Creek/Cherokee Culture
James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
Mary Musgrove
Sequoyah
Vocabulary
100

The Native Americans had homes for winter and summer. What were the summer homes called?

a. wigwams

b. chickees

c. longhouses

b. chickees

100

True or false? James Oglethorpe was from a poor family. 

False

100

Was Mary Musgrove a Creek or Cherokee Indian?

Creek

100

Was Sequoyah a Creek or Cherokee Indian?

Cherokee

100

What is a debt?

Money someone owes someone else

200

What is a type of animals the Native Americans would hunt for?

bears, turkeys, deer, rabbits

200
Why did James Oglethorpe want to start Georgia?


a. He wanted to boss people around.

b. He thought it would be cool.

c. He wanted to help people get jobs to pay back their debts.

c. He wanted to help people get jobs to pay back their debts.
200

Who did Mary Musgrove help communicate with one another?

James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi

200

What is Sequoyah famous for creating?

a. The Cherokee alphabet

b. The Cherokee culture

c. The Cherokee way of life

a. the Cherokee alphabet

200

What is a translator?

Someone who can take one language and change it into another

300

What were the 3 main vegetables of the Creek and Cherokee. (Hint: They were known as the Three Sisters.)

Corn, beans, and squash

300

Tomochichi gave James land by a famous river in Georgia. James named the city he built there after this river. Was it...

a. Chattahoochee

b. Savannah

c. Flint

b. Savannah

300

How did Mary Musgrove know how to speak both Creek and English?

She learned from her parents. Her mother was a Creek Indian, and her father was an English trader.

300

How many sounds are in the Cherokee syllabary (alphabet)?

a. 26

b. 56

c. 86

c. 86

300

What is a chief?

The leader of a Native American tribe

400

In Native American culture, who would take care of the children, gather food from the garden, and care for the home?

Men or women?

The women

400

Tomochichi was the leader of the _________ Indian tribe. 

a. Creek

b. Cherokee

a. Creek (Yamacraw Creek)

400

What kind of business did Mary Musgrove run with her husband?

a. trading post

b. clothing store

c. restaurant

a. trading post

400

How is the Cherokee alphabet different than ours?

a. It is based on syllables instead of letters.

b. It uses pictures instead of letters.

c. There is no Cherokee alphabet.

a. It is based on syllables instead of letters.

400

What is a colony?

A small area of land owned by another country (e.g., Georgia was a colony owned by England)

500

Why did the Creek and Cherokee build their villages near rivers/water?

So that they had access to water for fishing, bathing, washing, gardening, drinking, etc.

500

Who did James Oglethorpe have to ask for permission to start the colony of Georgia?

the King of England
500

What 2 languages did Mary Musgrove speak?

Creek and English

500

What was the name of the newspaper Sequoyah wrote?

a. The Savannah Daily News

b. The Creek Weekly

c. The Cherokee Phoenix

c. The Cherokee Phoenix

500

What is a humanitarian? (Hint: James Oglethorpe was one.)

Someone who helped other people who were not as fortunate as them