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Look at the painting of a village of the Mississippian Indians, the first American Indians whom Europeans met in North America. Then answer the question that follows.

• parishes

• pueblos

• longhouses

• mound towns

Which statements about the Mississippian Indians are correct? Select all that apply.

• They mainly lived in pueblos.

• They lived in large mound towns.

• They were largely a nomadic people.

• Their villages were ruled by a single king.

• Their villages were organized as chiefdoms

How was Mississippian society organized?

• It was a monarchy with strict rules of hereditary succession.

• It was a chiefdom with a complex and hierarchical structure.

• It was made up of small, nomadic clans.

• It was an egalitarian, democratic society.

What did the development of agriculture allow the Mississippian Indians to do?

• reduce conflicts between rival communities

• build new types of weapons and tools

• establish large permanent settlements

• create a complex religious belief system

Which American Indian culture was the first to encounter Europeans in Georgia?

• Archaic

• Mississippian

• Paleo

• Woodland

Based on the structures they built and the layout of their settlements, by what other name are Mississippian Indians known?

• Cliff Dwellers

• the People of the Pueblo

• Mound Builders

• People of the Longhouse

What was Mississippian society like in Georgia prior to contact with Europeans?

• The Mississippians lived in wooden longhouses that provided shelter for several families.

• The Mississippians were nomadic and rarely spent more than one season in a given region.

• The Mississippians made waddle and daub homes and organized them around central plazas.

• The Mississippians built their homes on stilts to keep them above the swamps in which they lived.

Look at the diagram illustrating the culture of the Mississippian Indians, the first American Indians whom Europeans met in North America. Then answer the question that follows.

• King

• Chief

• Elder

• Priest

Match the following

• wall built of sticks, mud and clay.

• churches set up by the Spanish to concert Native Americans to Christianity

• mercantilism

• largest swamp in North American and home to many Spanish missions

• Okefenokee

• waddle and daub

• rocks used to make knives and arrows

• chert

• Spanish Missions

• The economic policy focused on exporting more than importing.

Why did the Spanish explore the southeastern region of North America during the 1500s?

• to trade with American Indians who were living in that region

• to stop the English from settling in the area

• to spread Christianity, find gold, and gain personal fame (glory).

• to establish colonies for religious freedoms.