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Mississippi/Kickapoos
Potluck
Illini
100
artifact
What is an object made by humans?
100
Bering Strait
What is the waterway that separates Asia and North America that many scientist believe that Native Americans cross from Asia to North America.
100
platforms, lookout tower, religious importance
What did the Missippians used mounds for?
100
Asia
Where did the first people in North American come from?
100
hunters and farmers who moved with the changing season
What best describes how the Illini lived?
200
mound
What is a pile of earth called?
200
Cahokia Site
What is the existing mound that the Mississippians built that is one of the largest Native American cities?
200
Government
What is the system for making rules and decisions for the Mississippi ?
200
Woodland
Which Native American Group was the first to make pottery?
200
squash, beans, maize
What did Illini planted ?
300
maize
What is a type of corn?
300
Grand Village of the Kaskaskia
What is largest villages located on the Illinois River near Starved Rock?
300
pottery
What was made that thinner and lighter than the Woodlands?
300
Cahokia Site
What is the largest Native American cities in North America?
300
built homes, collected firewood, gathered plants to eat, tended gardens and made clothing
What work did most women did throughout the year in Illini?
400
archaeologist
What is a scientist who studies the cultures of people who lived long ago?
400
Monks Mound
What is the largest mound that the Mississippians made that stretches 10000 feet long and 800 feet wide.?
400
Central Illinois- near Peoria
Where did the Kickapoo settle in Illinois in 1770?
400
Climate was warm and they could plant seeds in ground that was not frozen
What led the Woodlands to become farmers?
400
hunted and conducted warfare
What did Illini men do?
500
culture
What are the ways of life?
500
Central Mississippi River Valley
Where did many Illini built villages which includes most of the western border of Illinois?
500
central Illinois, near Peoria
Where did the Kickapoo established settlements?
500
5 main groups of the Illiwek
What are Cahokia, Kaskaskai, Michigamea, Peoria and Tamaroa?
500
buffalo hides and deerskin
What were most of Illini clothing made of?