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WKMS The First Peopl

WKMS The First People:Native Americans

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Matrilineal family ties are based on the mother’s side of the family
What items did Native Americans get from the Europeans in exchange for animal skins and furs? guns and iron tools
Which SC Native American tribe were known as the”real people”? Cherokee
What is the study of stone tools and pottery to learn how people lived in the past? Archaeology
What item were the Catawba known for making? Pottery
For what did Native Americans use rivers, a natural resource? Fishing and transportation
Atlatl A tool used by Native Americans to propel their spears farther and faster.
What “special” method did the Cherokee use to fish? They stunned the fish by poisoning the water with walnut bark.
Which SC Native Americans lived in the foothills and mountains of SC? Cherokee
For what did Native Americans use tree trunks, a natural resource? dugout canoes
What were the three most important crops, known as the Three Sisters, grown by Eastern Woodlands Indians? squash, corn, beans
Which SC tribe of Native Americans were originally from Florida and Georgia? Yemassee
For what did the Native Americans use natural resources such as rocks, stones, bones and wood? tools for farming and weapons
Artifact an object, such as a stone tool or pottery, made by humans from an earlier time
Why were the first people of SC called “People of the Eastern Woodlands”? They were forest dwellers.
Why were the Eastern Woodlands people not nomadic? They were farmers and grew their food instead of following herd animals.
Where did the Yemassee live? along the coast between the Combahee and Savannah Rivers
What types of natural resources did Native Americans use to made their shelters? tree bark, animal hides, reeds, branches, mud
Petroglyph ancient rock carvings or writings
How did the Native American idea of land ownership differ from that of the Europeans? Native Americans belived that no single person owned the land and that land was for the use of tribes as a group.
How did Native Americans use animal pelts (hides, a natural resource covered wigwams and made clothes from them
Which SC Native American tribe lived along the rivers of the Piedmont region in villages surrounded by a palisade? Catawba
Describe the houses and villages of the Cherokee. 1)Large villages of up to 500 people 2) villages surrounded by palisades 3)built wigwams made of saplings, branches, bark, animal pelts or wattle and daub
Describe the houses and villages of the Catawba. 1)Lived in villages surrounded by a palisade 2) lived near rivers 3) wigwams constructed of saplings, branches, bark, animal pelts or reeds and grass mats
Describe the houses and villages of the Yemassee. 1)lived in small villages on beach during summer & inland the rest of the year2)surrounded by palisade 3) covered summer wigwams with palmetto fronds
Describe the government structure of the Cherokee. 1)council 2)red chief and white chief for each village 3)holy man 4)women participated in government
Describe the government structure of the Catawba. 1)council 2)one chief for each village 3)holy man 4)women participated in government
Describe the government structure of the Yemassee. 1)individual village ruled by council 2)holy man 3) women participated in government 4)one chief oversaw ALL Yemassee villages and lived in the largest
Palisade a fence of pointed stakes, usually 12 to 20 feet high, built around a village for protection.
In which of the SC regions did the Catawba tribe live? Piedmont region.
In which region of SC did the Yemassee tribe live? In the Coastal region between the Combahee and Savannah rivers
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