Chapter 2: Native Mississippians

Question 1

A small tribe that sought protection from warring tribes or slave traders by joining a large tribe.

Answer 1

Refugee Tribe

Question 2

Requiring clan members to marry outside the clan.

Answer 2

Exogamic

Question 3

A small group of Indians.

Answer 3

Band

Question 4

An effective system of written communication used by southeastern Indian nations, which used pictures and symbols instead of words.

Answer 4

Pictography

Question 5

A group of Native Americans that included several families with a common ancestry; they hunted and fished together their small farms as a unit.

Answer 5

Clan

Question 6

Tracing the line of descent through the mother rather than the father.

Answer 6

Matrilineal

Question 7

A game played by Native Mississippians in which a disc or small wheel was rolled at high speed while warriors ran alongside and threw spears at the disc.

Answer 7

Chunkey

Question 8

Working as farmers.

Answer 8

Agrarian

Question 9

A Native American chief

Answer 9

Mingo

Question 10

A fishing technique that involved diving below the water’s surface and grabbing large fish out of sunken, hollowed out logs.

Answer 10

Grabbling

Question 11

To join or become part of something.

Answer 11

Merge

Question 12

A religious official who introduced Native Americans to Christian faith.

Answer 12

Missionary

Question 13

Moving from one area or country to another.

Answer 13

Migration

Question 14

Peace pipe

Answer 14

Calumet

Question 15

The long dangerous journey made by southeastern Indians to the Indian Territory in today’s Oklahoma

Answer 15

Trail of Tears

Question 16

Yielding of land to another party; in the case of Native American, to the U.S government.

Answer 16

Land Cession