Chapter 2 Indiana History

a group of related people or families

an area that is controlled by an outside

government

• territory
• clan

• colony

• adapt

groups that join together for a common purpose

change in response to new conditions

Which early culture was the first to settle in what is now Indiana?

• A Mississippian

• B Hopewell

• C Adena

• D Lenape

What is an important way in which the Mississippian culture differed from the Hopewell culture?

• F The Mississippian culture had large towns, and the Hopewell culture did not.

• G The Hopewell culture traded for copper and shells, and the Mississippian culture did not.

• H The Mississippian culture built ceremonial mounds, and the Hopewell culture did not.

• I The Hopewell culture had weapons, and the Mississippian culture did not.

Which group of Indiana’s first people relied more on agriculture than on hunting and gathering?

• A Adena culture

• B Miami culture

• C Hopewell culture

• D Mississippian culture

Why did the Hopewell establish trade routes? Use the map to answer.

• to form alliances with other Native American cultures

• to obtain manufactured goods from European settlers

• to get natural resources that are not found in the Indiana region

• to show other Native American cultures how powerful they were

How do archaeologists know that the Hopewell traded for these goods? Use the map to answer.

• from written Hopewell history books

• from stories told by European settlers

• from artifacts found at Hopewell sites

• from stories told by French traders and trappers

From which trade items did the Hopewell make decorative items? Use the map to answer.

• chert and quartz

• shells and copper

• mica and obsidian

• shark teeth and chert