Two Worlds Meet/ The First People Ch 1 Lesson 1
How long ago did the first people come to South Carolina?
25,000 years ago
How many years ago did the Woodland Period begin?
3,000 years ago
During the Mississippian Period, what did Native Americans grow?
Squash, Beans, Corn, and Pumpkins
In South Carolina, the best example of Mississippian culture was called?
The Kingdom of Cofitachiqui
What is corn, beans, and squash known as?
The Three Sisters
Name the four nations making each making of the four languages?
1. Catawba 2. Cherokee 3. Savannah's 4. Yamassee
Identify the three major Native American tribes in SC?
1. Catawba 2. Cherokee 3. Yamassee
What crops were the Three Sisters?
1. Corn 2. Beans 3. Squash
What new advancements were made during the Woodland period? (4 things)
1. Farming (gourds, squash, corn) 2. Pottery 3. Bow and Arrow 4. Trade
Identify three of the best-preserved mounds left in SC today?
1. Lawton Mounds 2. Sewee Shell Ring "Spanish Fort" 3.Santee Indian Mound
What animals lived in South Carolina during the Paleo Period?
1. Mammoths 2. Mastodons 3. Bison
What are the five periods of development of the prehistoric people?
1. Pre-Projectile Point Period (15,000) 2.Paleo Period (12,000) 3. Arhcaic Period (10,000) 4. Woodland Period (3,000) 5. Mississippian Period (1,000)
What job did the men have in the Woodland tribes?
1. Raise boys 2. Hunt 3. Conduct War
Name the four language groups of Native Americans who settled in SC?
1. Siouan 2. Iroquoian 3. Alogonquian 4. Muskhogean
What year did the Mississippian people arrive in SC?
1150
What was the estimated population of Eastern Woodland Indians in SC prior to arrival of Europeans was between what numbers?
17,000 and 30,000
Where did the native people settle during the Archaic period?
Along the coast and rivers
What is the study of past people, and cultures through a careful examination of artifacts?
Archaeology
About 10,000 years ago, Native Americans entered a period of time known as?
Archaic Period
What is an object such as a stone tool or pottery made by humans during an earlier time ?
Artifact
What is a tool which propels spears farther and faster?
Atlatl
What are the four crops grown in SC by Native Americans during the Woodland Period?
Bottle, Gourds, Squash, and Corn
Where do the Yamassee live?
Coast
Example of Three Sisters Method and what were the three sisters?
Corn, Squash, and Beans
What was the leading cause of death for Native Americans after the arrival of the Europeans?
Diseases
What new mode of transportation did the Woodlands people use?
Dug out tree trunks for canoes and used rivers
What is the point at which inland rivers drop from an upland to a lowland?
Fall line
Define Matrilineal.
Family ties were based on the mother's lineage
What job did the women have in the Woodland tribes?
Farming and Gathering
What means family ties based upon the mother's side of the family?
Matrilineal
Where do the Cherokee live?
Mountains
Who were the first humans to live in South Carolina?
Native Americans
What is when people move from place to place in search of food?
Nomadic
About 12,000 years ago, Native Americans entered a period time known as?
Paleo Period
What are wooden fences with pointed ends?
Palisade
What is a carving on a cave or rock wall called?
Petroglyph
Where do the Catawba live?
Piedmont
What is the time before written language known as?
Prehistoric era
How did the first people get from Asia to America?
The Bering Strait Land
What means where the up and low country meet?
The Fall Line
What is wattle and daub?
a building style
Where did the Mississippian people live?
along rivers of fall line in villages
What is another name for spear points?
clovis points
What does the word prehistoric word mean?
no written language
What type of homes did the people have during the Woodland period?
villages with a number of earthen mounds
What types of homes did Native Americans build by weaving small trees between the large post and covered them called?(building style)
wattle and daub
