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Ch.2 MS Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a storehouse for grain | granery |
| a wild hog found in southern states | razorback |
| a fishing technique that involved diving below the water's surface and grabbing large fish out of sunken, hollowed-out logs | grabbling |
| an effective system of written communication used by southeastern Indian nations, which used pictures and symbols instead of words | pictography |
| tracing the line of descent through the mother rather than the father | matrilineal |
| a group of Native Americans that included several families with a common ancestry; they hunted and fished together and defended their small farms as a unit | clan |
| requiring clan members to marry outside the clan | exogamic |
| an important ritual song southeastern Indians held in late August in anticipation of a bountiful harvest | Green Corn Ceremony |
| a game played by Native Mississippians in which a disc or small wheel was rolled at high speed whie warriors ran alongside and threw spears at the disc | chunkey |
| the most popular sport among Mississippi Indians; the object was to move a small ball down-field in a cup attached to a stick and throw the ball through uprights | stickball |
| a Native American chief | mingo |
| peace pipe | calumet |
| a small tribe that sought protection from warring tribes or slave traders by joining a large tribe | refugee tribe |
| moving from one area or county to another | migration |
| working as farmers | agrarian |
| a small group of Indians | band |
| to join or become part of something | merge |
| a religious official who introduced Native Americans to the Christian faith | missionary |
| state and federal policy that authorized the forced removal of thousands of southeastern Indians to the Indian Territory in today's Oklahoma | Indian Removal |
| the long, dangerous journey made by southeastern Indians to the Indian Territory in today's Oklahoma | Trail of Tears |
| yielding of land to another party; in the case of Native Americans, to the U.S. government | land cession |