Focus Questions

What are the Three Major Tribes

• Choctaw, Chickasaw,Biloxi

• Biloxi, Pascagoula, Natchez

• Choctaw,Chickasaw,Natchez

• none of the above

How are the Major and minor tribes different?

How are the religious views of Europeans and Native Americans different?

What was the effect of the Chickasaw culture on the populations of Mississippi?

How were small tribes similar to the Choctaws and Chickasaws?

How did geography of Mississippi influence the tribes?

What is the difference between Exploration and Colonization?

• Exploration and Colonization are the same thing.

• Exploration is the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it. While colonization is the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

• Exploration is the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area. While colonization is the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

• None of the above

What European nations colonized Mississippi? How did they treat natives?

When did statehood occur?

What are the major land regions of MS? What causes the land in our state to differ?