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Vocabulary
Early Migration
Eastern Woodlands
European Settlement
MISC
100
ceremonies
rituals
100
According to the Bering Strait Land Bridge theory, the first humans came to North America from Asia in pursuit of
food
100
What was the most common type of shelter of the Eastern Woodlands tribes?
wigwams
100
Why did the Cherokees have very little interaction with the first European explorers and settlers who arrived in the 16th century?
Cherokees lived far away from the coastal areas
100
How are Native Americans commonly grouped? (i.e. according to what?)
by the language they speak
200
ways of life
cultures
200
Archaeologists uncovered _______________ which helps us to know about people who lived in South Carolina tens of thousands of years ago.
artifacts
200
Near what land feature did Eastern Woodlands tribes settle?
along rivers and streams
200
What items did the Europeans want to trade for with the Native Americans?
deerskins
200
South Carolina Native American tribes belong to what group?
Eastern Woodlands
300
naturally occurring materials that can be used by man
natural resources
300
A land bridge formed between Asia and North America as a result of ___________________.
the Ice Age
300
How were community decisions made in Eastern Woodlands tribes?
Chief and Council
300
How were the Native Americans largely responsible for the success of European settlements?
They taught the Europeans how to grow certain crops.
300
What change in lifestyle made it necessary for Native Americans to stay in one place?
the introduction of farming
400
Native American primary crops (corn, pole beans, squash) which were planted together
three sisters
400
What recent discovery allows for a second theory on how the earliest Americans came to North America?
artifacts in South Carolina older than 25,000 years old
400
Name three South Carolina Eastern Woodland Native American tribes.
Cherokee, Catawba, Yemassee
400
Why did diseases, like smallpox, affect Native Americans more than Europeans?
The Native Americans had no immunity to the diseases.
400
The use of which Native American feature might suggest that some South Carolina tribes needed protection?
palisade
500
native to a particular region or environment
indigenous
500
Who were the first people in what would one day be called South Carolina?
the Native Americans
500
Eastern Woodland tribes got their food, clothing, shelter, weapons, and tools from the _____________around them.
forests
500
Although Native Americans in South Carolina were helpful to Europeans as they settled in the new land, what led to conflict between these groups?
land disagreements
500
How were South Carolina Native Americans ingenious when it came to fishing?
They used walnut bark to stun fish.