Prehistoric Groups
Precolonial Groups
Important People/Events
Vocabulary
Geography
100

Which American indigenous group is the earliest known people to have lived in Tennessee?

Who are the Paleo people?

100

What four Precolonial indigenous groups did we study in this unit? (in any order)

Who are the: Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Shawnee

100

Nancy Ward was known for wanting what?

What was peace between the settlers and the Natives?

100

The name Tennessee comes from what Yuchi word?

What is Tana-tsee?

100

What are the three regions Tennessee is divided into?

What are East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee?

200

Which cultural group is known for making pottery and participating in trade networks?

Who are the Woodland people?

200

Describe the difference between white chiefs and red chiefs.

Red chiefs lead in times of war, white chiefs lead in times of peace

200

What was the main purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

What was to keep people from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains to keep peace with the natives?

200

What settlement is known for being the first settlement west of the Appalachians that had its own government?

What is the Watauga Settlement?

200

What river is the current border for West Tennessee?

What is the Mississippi River?

300

List (in order from first to last) the four prehistoric groups we studied:

What are the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian people?
300

Which tribe lived primarily in East Tennessee before statehood?

Who are the Cherokee?

300

Which Cherokee leader opposed the Watauga settlers and predicted more conflict was to come?

Who was Dragging Canoe?

300

Corn, beans, and squash are known as:

What are The Three Sisters?

300

The Cumberland Gap allowed people to do what?

What is migrate into Tennessee through the Appalachian Mountains and trade?

400

Which cultural group built large earthen mounds and developed complex villages?

What are the Mississippian people?

400

Which tribe lived primarily in West Tennessee before statehood?

Who are the Chickasaw?

400

Who was the first governor of Tennessee?

Who is John Sevier?

400

What battle is known for the Patriots (settlers) beating the loyalists (British) and allowing the Cumberland Settlement to continue to grow?

What is the Battle of the Bluffs?

400

What path helped settlers travel through the Cumberland Gap?

What is the Wilderness Road?
500

Old Stone Fort (in Murfreesboro) is a known site of which prehistoric cultural people?

Who are the Woodland people?

500

What is the name modern-day Creek native people use to refer to themselves?

What is Muscogee?

500

What two leaders are known for helping start/lead the Cumberland Settlement?

Who are James Robertson and John Donelson?

500

The Overmountain men are famously known for fighting in what battle?

What is the Battle of Kings Mountain?

500

Challenge: Name all of the states that are touching the state of Tennessee

What are: Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri