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The earliest white settlers stated that the Cherokee had heavily painted and _________ skin.
tatooed
The full bloods were more __________ and hoped to hold on to the old ways and customs.
traditional
What were some example names of clans?
Beaver Clan, Otter Clan, Deer Clan
The Creek were also known by what name?
Muscogee
In Creek Society the village chief was known by what title?
Mico
The merging of cultural traits by previously distinct groups.
The Seminole Tribe was exclusively located in which state?
Florida
The adoption of European customs is what led to the Cherokee and other tribes becoming know as the ____________ Tribes.
Civilized
Hernando de Soto too Chief ____________ hostage and made many demands. In retaliation, the Choctaw attacked de Soto.
Tuskaloosa
The Yahola officiated over ____________ rituals and purification ceremonies.
religious
Why were the Chickasaw polygamous?
They were warlike and their male population was depleted.
Describe what happened to the Mississippian culture?
The tribes were wiped out by disease that they had no immunity to.
The practice of having more than one wife at the same time.
polygamy
What state did slaves escape from that then began to intermingle with the Seminole?
Georgia
The Cherokee were a loose ____________, with each group having autonomy over their own village.
Confederacy
Stickball was eventually altered by Europeans and is still played today in the form of ___________.
lacrosse
The ______ ______ Ceremony was practiced in some form by many different tribes throughout the Southeast, including the Creek and Cherokee.
Green Corn
What did Chickasaw and other Native American Tribes believe? How were beliefs passed down and what was usually featured in their stories?
Beliefs were passed down orally in the form of stories. The stories usually featured animals.
What was the cause of the Red Stick War?
This was a ware between Creeks who opposed encroachment by settlers and those who hoped to negotiate with settlers peacefully.
A societal structure based on the female's line
matrilineal
A disease that affects many people at the same time.
epidemic
Why was little known about the Cherokee prior to the arrival of the Europeans?
There were no written records.
Tales related to _____________, and other events deemed important, were passed down orally in the form of stories.
creation
Which famous explorer was the first to contact several of the Five Civilized Tribes?
Hernando De Soto
The Chickasaws ancestors lived in the ________River Valley for thousands of years.
Mississippi
Describe the Chickasaw's first encounter with Europeans?
They had many disagreements and it ended with the Spaniards being attacked.
A loose alliance of states in which the members keep most of their independence.
Confederation
A form of language spoken in a particular geographic region.
dialect
What kind of clothing did the Cherokee wear?
They wore bits of cloth and large garments that hung over the entire body.
The Missisippians who survived the epidemics of disease eventually regrouped as the ________ Confederacy.
Creek
How did George Washington approach dealing with the Native American way of life?
He assigned government agents to live amongst the tribes and teach them how to live like the European Americans.
Why did Pushmata refuse to fight with Tecumseh against the U.S.?
Because he believed they had always had good relations with the white man.
The Red Stick War came to an end in what famous battle?
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Self governing, independent
autonomy
What was the meaning of the Green Corn Ceremony?
It represented the coming of the New Year and was associated with the return of Summer and the ripening of the corn.
What were the names of the two competing groups of Cherokee during the Indian Removal Process?
The full-bloods and the mixed-bloods.
Clans were typically named after ___________.
Animals
Describe a matrilineal society:
A society in which the female is the head of the household, and all inheritance is passed through the female's family.
What was the Treaty of Doak's Stand?
The Choctaw agreed to cede nearly half of their tribal lands to the U.S.
What led to the First Seminole War in 1817-1818?
The US Army began making excursions into Florida trying to recapture runaway slaves.
The process of a large group of people moving from one place to another.
migration
What did Andrew Jackson tell the tribes about how long the land of Indian Territory would be theirs?