terms defined
The Native practice of men having more than one wife
Polygyny
This native tribe assisted the French during the French and Indian War
Choctaw
This was the title given to the leader of the Natchez native tribe. When he died, members of the tribe would volunteer to be slain and buried with him- so they could serve him in the afterlife.
The Great Sun
This prominent fort was established by the French in 1716 where the city of Natchez is today.
Fort Rosalie
The Native custom of marrying outside one's own clan
Exogamy
This Treaty ended the French and Indian War and mandated that France cede a lot of her previous land holdings within North America
Treaty of Paris 1763
Typical jobs of men in the Native tribes were to save as warriors and fight other clans/tribes when needed, to build and maintain ________________ and to hunt for food for the clan/tribe.
French explorer d'Iberville established Fort Maurepas- which was significant because it was the first permanent European settlement in the area that would later become Mississippi. It was located where __________ ___________ is located today in Mississippi.
Ocean Springs
Native groups who lived among each other due to a shared ancestry
Clan
These three European countries all issued deeds to their citizens who desired to move to North America. This caused issues when people from all three nations showed up in the area that would eventually become Mississippi- all claiming to have a deed to that same land.
England, France and Spain.
The 3 reasons why the Natives desired to construct their villages near a major source of water (river/lake) were because the water could provide food in the form of fish and other small game that would frequently visit the water, because it served as a natural barrier to attack from the side the water was on and because it made it easier to ___________ their crops.
irrigate
Hernando Desoto was so mean to the Natives he encountered in North America and the natives hated him so much that Desoto ordered his men to bury him in the _______________ ______________ when he died so that the Natives could not possibly get to his body to desecrate and abuse it after his death. YIKES!!!
Mississippi River
Means to "give up" land
Cede
These were the 3 largest Native tribes that originally inhabited the area that would later become Mississippi.
Chickasaw, Choctaw and Natchez.
When the Natives married, the new couple would live with the wife's clan. This was an example of what type of "practice"?
Matriarchal
LaSalle
Means "farming" or "agriculture"
Agrarian
Spain came to North America in search of _________ and _________ while France came to North America looking for an all water route across the continent that would connect the ____________ and _____________ Oceans- as well as to trap small animals for their fur.
gold; silver
Atlantic; Pacific
A lot of academic literature suggests that the early Natives of North America was overly nomadic in their habitation patterns, but we know this is a fallacy because they were heavily involved in _____________ which meant they must have been sedentary in their habitation patterns because they could not simply move around while participating in such.
agriculture
IN 1492, fresh of the reconquista, the Spanish monarchy, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, hired Christopher Columbus to sail west to reach India in the east- providing an all water route to trade. Columbus eventually spotted land and believing himself to be in India called the Natives he encountered ___________. He was not in India, however, he was in North America- in the Caribbean Islands.
Indians