5th - SS Chapter 5 LA's Early People

Question 0

A garbage mound left by prehistoric people?

Answer 0

Midden

Question 1

A scientist who studies the items left behind by ancient peoples to determine how they lived?

Answer 1

Archaeologist

Question 2

A wanderer?

Answer 2

Nomad

Question 3

A throwing stick with weights used by prehistoric people to throw spears with more force and for farther distances?

Answer 3

Atlatl

Question 4

A raised are created by prehistoric people’s and thought to be used for ceremonial and burial purposes?

Answer 4

Mound

Question 5

An item left behind by ancient people and studies by archaeologists to determine how they lived; examples include bits of stone, bone, pottery, tools, cave paintings, weavings, skeletons, items buried with the dead, leftover trash?

Answer 5

Artifact

Question 6

Farming?

Answer 6

Agriculture

Question 7

A mound built by prehistoric Indians and used for religious ceremonies?

Answer 7

Temple Mound

Question 8

Natural resistance to disease?

Answer 8

Immunity

Question 9

A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, name, and way of living?

Answer 9

Tribe

Question 10

A formal agreement between two or more nations?

Answer 10

Treaty

Question 11

A tribal symbol; an animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family?

Answer 11

Totem

Question 12

A group of people who believe themselves related by blood?

Answer 12

Clan

Question 13

A peace pipe?

Answer 13

Calumet

Question 14

A dugout made by Native Americans and the French; cypress logs were partially burned and the burned section scraped out?

Answer 14

Pirogue

Question 15

What are the four groups of Prehistoric Indians in Louisiana? (In order from oldest to youngest)

Answer 15

1. Paleo Indians
2. Meso Indians
3. Early Neo Indians
4. Late Neo Indians

Question 16

What are some characteristics of the Paleo Indians?

Answer 16

1. Oldest Indians
2. Nomads
3. Hunted in small groups with spears
4. Clothing made from animal skins
5. Lived in temporary shelters

Question 17

What are some characteristics of the Meso Indians?

Answer 17

1. Nomadic but stayed in one place longer
2. Used a atlatl for hunting
3. Built more permanent homes - mounds

Question 18

What are some characteristics of the Early Neo Indians?

Answer 18

1. Made pottery
2. Used bow and arrows to hunt
3. Built villages and lived there seasonally

Question 19

What are some characteristics of the Late Neo Indians?

Answer 19

1. Built more permanent homes
2. Switched from gathering to agriculture for food
3. Grew crops using the intercropping method
4. Built temple mounds for religious ceremonies

Question 20

What were the Historic Indian Tribes of Louisiana?

Answer 20

1. Atakapa
2. Natchez
3. Caddo
4. Choctaw
5. Houma
6. Tunica-Biloxi
7. Chitimach
8. Coushatta

Question 21

How were the Atakapa described?

Answer 21

As cannibals

Question 22

What was special about the Natchez tribe?

Answer 22

Had an unusual social structure - class system consisting of common people, nobles, and Chiefs

Question 23

Who killed many of the Natchez Indians and why?

Answer 23

The French. When the French moved into the area, they took the best farmland. The Natchez responded by attacking the French settlement. In response, the French then killed many Natchez and driving the rest from the region.

Question 24

What name was applied to the group of tribes including the Natchitoches and the Ouachita

Answer 24

The Caddo

Question 25

Where was the traditional home of the Caddo Indians?

Answer 25

The Red River and its tributaries

Question 26

What did the Caddo Indians' hunt?

Answer 26

They shared their home land with herds of bison which they hunted from horseback.

Question 27

Who were the second largest tribe in the southeastern United States?

Answer 27

Choctaw Indians

Question 28

Who side did the Choctaw take in the long-standing conflict between the French and the British?

Answer 28

They were allied with the French

Question 29

How did the Choctaw live?

Answer 29

They were farmers and traders

Question 30

What tribe greeted the early French explorer Robert de La Salle?

Answer 30

The Houma Indians

Question 31

What is the totem (tribal symbol) of the Houma Indians and serves as a symbol of kinship and protection?

Answer 31

Crawfish

Question 32

What was another symbol of the Houma Indians? This tall red pole on the banks of the Mississippi marked the boundary between the hunting grounds of the Houma and the Bayougoula.

Answer 32

Istrouma or Isti Houma

Question 33

What happened to the Tunica ancestral home?

Answer 33

They were pushed away from their ancestral home by the Chickasaw

Question 34

Who were the greatest traders?

Answer 34

The Tunica

Question 35

What was the Tunica's totem or tribal symbol?

Answer 35

The rattlesnake

Question 36

What was special about the Chitimacha tribe?

Answer 36

Women could hold political power and serve as healers but could not hold any powerful religious position.

Question 37

What was special about the Coushatta tribe?

Answer 37

They lived in clans made of many families.

Question 38

How was the village or community life organized?

Answer 38

They are organized around a tribe or clan which are headed by a chief or chiefs.

Question 39

What were the clothing of the early Indians?

Answer 39

Men - breech cloths held up with belts Women - simple skirts Children - simply and sometimes did not wear any clothes during the summer Moccasins - when shoes were needed Tattoos Jewelry

Question 40

What kinds of work did they do?

Answer 40

Farmed, hunted, fished, gathered wild plants, cleared land, constructed houses and boats, weaved baskets, made pottery or crafted other utensils

Question 41

What type of homes did the Indians live in?

Answer 41

Built rectangular log houses (filling cracks with clay for warmth) and round summer house of woven grass.

Question 42

What way did the door face? And why?

Answer 42

The small door faced the east for good luck.

Question 43

What are some of the things the Indians used for food?

Answer 43

Nuts, berries, root vegetables, corn, beans, squash, bison and bear

Question 44

What was the Indians religion based on?

Answer 44

It was based on their concept of the world. Everything in the world had a place as part of a sacred world.

Question 45

What were the basis of the Indians religion?

Answer 45

Festivals in which dance and music were an important part

Question 46

Who usually led the tribes?

Answer 46

A war chief (military leader) and a peace chief (handled the tribal matters)

Question 47

What was part of a formal ceremony and part of an agreement to avoid war?

Answer 47

Smoking the calumet or peace pipe

Question 48

How were criminal acts handled in the tribes?

Answer 48

They were not tolerated and the punishment was severe including beating, banishment and even death.