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100

Choose the Native American cultures that present in Mississippi at the time of European settlement. CHOOSE THREE.

Responses

  • A Apache
  • B Chickasaw
  • C Choctaw
  • D Natchez
  • E Seminole
  •  Choctaw
  •  Natchez
  •  Chickasaw
100

Choose the answers that represent something introduced to Native Americans by European explorers or colonizers in Mississippi.

Responses:

  • A agriculture
  • B fishing
  • C horses
  • D language
  • E pigs

pigs

horses

100

Choose the answers that represent Native American societies in Mississippi.

  • A.Most tribes practices Christianity.
  • B.The Choctaw played games called Chunky and Ishtohbohl.
  • C. Males hunted and females made pottery, gathered food, and tanned hides.
  • D. Each village governed themselves, but had representatives on a tribal council.
  • E. The largest tribe was the Tunica with smaller tribes in the area such as the Choctaw and Natchez.

B.The Choctaw played games called Chunky and Ishtohbohl.

C.Males hunted and females made pottery, gathered food, and tanned hides.

D.Each village governed themselves, but had representatives on a tribal council.

100

Before English settlement, the largest groups of settlers in the Mississippi area were the Natchez, the Chickasaw, and the Choctaw. Which explains why these groups were most likely drawn to the Mississippi area before European settlers arrived?

Responses

  • A The flat land of Mississippi was ideal for hunting animals like deer and rabbits.
  • B The land surrounding the Mississippi River provided fertile land for farming food.
  • C The Gulf of Mexico allowed early Mississippians to export goods like furs and tools.
  • D The gold found by early Mississippi people was valuable in trades with the English.
  • B The land surrounding the Mississippi River provided fertile land for farming food.
100

Which of these is SIMILARITY in the societies of the Chickasaw and the Choctaw Indians?

  • A. Both were matrilineal.
  • B. Both were patrilineal.
  • C. Both were French allies.
  • D. Both were English allies
  • A. Both were matrilineal.
200

By the time Europeans arrived in Mississippi, the Choctaw had an economy based mostly on

Responses

  • A.farming
  • B fishing
  • C.manufacturing
  • D.hunting buffalo
  • A.farming
200

The area of land shown was claimed by two groups of settlers at different times. In 1682, René Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed most of this area for the French. Later, in a 1765 agreement, the Natives in this area ceded large portions of land to the British government for settlement. The Natives' relationships with these two groups were notably different.

Natives living in the mapped area encountered both French and British settlers in the 1700s. Which statement BEST contrasts the relationships they had with these two groups?

Responses

  • A They clashed with the French over land, while they made trade agreements and pledges of friendship with the British.
  • B They had violent land disputes with the French, while they had virtually no relationship or interactions with the British.
  • C They worked and lived peacefully with the French, while they violently and forcefully drove the British out of their territory.
  • D.They only had a few interactions with the French, while they interacted with the British daily and even lived in villages with them.


A They clashed with the French over land, while they made trade agreements and pledges of friendship with the British.

200

The French created this fort to protect the city of Natchez.

Fort Rosalie 

200

This federal and state law pushed the Indians from their homeland.

Indian Removal Policy

200

Indians were force to leave their homeland and travel to Oklahoma.  This journey  was called ...

Trail of Tears

300

Choose the THREE statements that correctly describe Native Americans in Mississippi in the early 19th century.

Responses

  • A The Choctaw were the most populous Native American culture in Mississippi in the early 1800s.
  • B The Cherokee were located mainly in southern Mississippi.
  • C Explorer Hernando de Soto was likely the first European to encounter the Choctaw in what is now Mississippi.
  • D The Chickasaw were located in mainly northern Mississippi.
  • E Native Americans no longer lived in Mississippi by the mid 1800s.
  • A The Choctaw were the most populous Native American culture in Mississippi in the early 1800s.
  • C Explorer Hernando de Soto was likely the first European to encounter the Choctaw in what is now Mississippi.
  • D The Chickasaw were located in mainly northern Mississippi.
300

These 2 tribes sent men into battle on the Confederate side during the Civil War.


Choctaw and Chickasaw

 

300

item used as a peace pipe

Calumet

300

the most popular sport of the Mississippi Indians

Stickball

300


This style of dwelling is called a “chickee,” and was used by the Chickasaw. Why was it used only during certain times of the year?
Responses:
  • A. It was used as summer housing.
  • B. It was used as winter housing.
  • C. It was used only during buffalo hunts.
  • D.It was used only during religious ceremonies.
  • A. It was used as summer housing.
400

The dominant language of Native Americans in southwest Mississippi is .......



Muskhogen

400

a form of communication used by the Indians (symbols,pictures)

 


Pictography

400

Indian name for corn

maize

400

What is the MOST accurate title of this map?

  • A."Confederate Native American Allies
  • B."Original Inhabitants of Mississippi
  • C."Native American Allies of the British"
  • D."Native American Reservations in Mississippi"

B."Original Inhabitants of Mississippi"

400

This treaty gave the United States government over 6 million acres of land.

 Treaty of Pontotoc

500

Which statement BEST describes the influence of the Choctaw in present-day Mississippi?

Responses

  • A. The Choctaw's native language is taught at all Mississippi public schools, and over half of Mississippi's total population is of Choctaw or Natchez origin (as of 2018).
  • B. Annual celebrations are evidence of appreciation for Native cultures, and Choctaw Reservation businesses contribute millions of dollars annually to Mississippi's economy.
  • C.  Choctaw history museums can be found throughout Mississippi, and over 80% of the farmland is owned by Choctaw farmers who continue to use ancient tribal farming techniques.
  • D. Most local and state representatives in Mississippi are members of the Choctaw tribe, and most of the land bordering the Mississippi River is part of the Choctaw Reservation.

B. Annual celebrations are evidence of appreciation for Native cultures, and Choctaw Reservation businesses contribute millions of dollars annually to Mississippi's economy.

500

Which answers accurately describe the relationship between the Europeans and the Native American tribes of Mississippi?

  • A The French colonists won the alliance of the Choctaw tribe.
  • B The Spanish colonists formed an alliance with the tribal leaders.
  • C The British colonists won the allegiance of  Chickasaw, Natchez, and Creek tribes.
  • D The British claimed territory from the Native Americans where they named the new land Louisiana.
  • E The Spanish introduced foreign diseases to Native Americans that would eventually kill about half of their population.

A.The French colonists won the alliance of the Choctaw tribe.

C.The British colonists won the allegiance of Chickasaw, Natchez, and Creek tribes.

E.The Spanish introduced foreign diseases to Native Americans that would eventually kill about half of their population


500

Which of the groups shown on the map is the only federally-recognized Indian tribe in Mississippi today?

Responses

  • A Chickasaw
  • B Choctaw
  • C Natchez
  • D Tunica
  • B Choctaw
500

Native Americans used this method of racing families in Indian tribes. of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.

Matrilineal

500


Beginning in southwest Mississippi, the Natchez Trace begins in Natchez, Mississippi and ends in Nashville, Tennessee. It links the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers. What is also true about Natchez Trace?

Responses

  • A.The trail crosses through the Mississippi River in two places.
  • B.The trail was destroyed by De Soto on journey through Mississippi.
  • C.The trail is the first Native American trail to be paved as a road.
  • D.The trail was used by Native Americans for centuries before Europeans arrived.

D.The trail was used by Native Americans for centuries before Europeans arrived.