Checkpoint 15: Indigenous People and Settlements in Tennessee

What is pictured and described in the box?

• Chucalissa Indian Village

• Pinson Burial Grounds

• Coats-Hines Site

• Old Stone Fort

Why are the fossilized bones and stone tools found at the Coats-Hines site significant?

• It indicates that the Mississippian people traded stone.

• It indicates that the Woodland people were innovative and adapted to their environment.

• It indicates that the Archaic people were hunters and gatherers.

• It indicates that the Paleo people were in Tennessee.

What two cultures made pottery and traded with other groups?

• Archaic and Woodland Indians

• Paleo and Mississippian Indians

• Woodland and Mississippian Indians

• Paleo and Archaic Indians

What does Tana-tsee mean?

• where the forests come together

• where the mountains come together

• where the people come together

• where the rivers come together

What do the Mississippian and Woodland cultures have in common?

• They both lived far away from water sources.

• They were both mound builders.

• They were both nomadic.

• They both hunted prehistoric animals.

What is one difference between the Paleo and Archaic cultures?

• The Archaic Indians lived in the Ice Age, but the Paleo Indians did not.

• The Paleo Indians built mounds, but the Archaic Indians did not.

• The Archaic Indians grew maize, but the Paleo Indians did not.

• The Paleo Indians hunted mastodon, but the Archaic Indians did not.

How did Mississippians protect themselves?

• They built ceremonial mounds.

• They lived in fortified towns.

• They traded a special kind of stone.

• They performed elaborate ceremonies.

What do the Old Stone Fort and the Pinson Mounds have in common?

• They were both built by the Woodland people.

• They both have ceremonial and burial mounds.

• They both have a walled settlement area.

• They were both built by the Archaic people.

Choose the correct definition of plaza.

• a defensive fence made of sharpened stakes

• a public burial place

• a type of shelter using mud and sticks

• a public square in a city or town

Choose the correct definition of innovate.

• to distrust an old method, idea, or product

• to create a new or improved method, idea, or product

• to reuse an old method, idea, or product

• to trade for an improved method, idea, or product