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SS8H1 Evaluate the development of Native American cultures and the impact of European exploration and settlement on the Native American cultures in Georgia.
Week of Sept 19th:
Essential Question: Who were the Paleo-Indian and how did they come to Georgia?
Essential Question: What changes did Native American face during the Archaic Period?
Essential Question: What developments did Native American occurred during the Woodland Period?
Essential Question: What was unique about the group of Native Georgians of the Mississippian Period?
Vocabulary:
- Archaeologist
- artifact
- Carbon 14 dating
- Anthropologist
- Culture
- Nomads
- agriculture
- tribe
- Three Sisters
- chiefdom
Reading Comprehension Questions (5 min): Read page 32-33 in your Coach Book and answer the following questions.
1)Most scientists agree that Homo sapiens arrived in North America about ______years ago.
2)Archeologist study ______(that they date by methods such as ______dating.)
3)Paleo Indians came to North America from ______as they pursued large mammals (such as______, ______, and ______) across the ______bridge.
4)At this time, most of our planets ______was captured in huge glaciers, therefore exposing the land bridge we call ______.
5)As these people followed these large mammals south, their ______, ______, ______, and ______were forced to change with the changing climate and resources.
Reading Comprehension Questions (5 min): Read page 33-34 in your Coach Book and answer the following questions.
6)The Archaic period lasted between ______and ______BCE (this term means ______while CE means ______).
7)______divide this period into Early, Middle, and Late Archaic because of the significant ______innovations.
8)In the Early Archaic period, natives were organized in ______and hunted smaller game such as ______.
9)The main change of the Middle Archaic period was a decrease in ______caused by climate change as North American became more ______.
10)Permanent strictures were built during the Late Archaic period as Natives settled in ______bottoms, as technological advances such as ______appeared.
Reading Comprehension Questions (5 min): Read page 34-35 in your Coach Book and answer the following questions.
11)The Woodland period began around ______BCE, and was marked by an increase in native population who lived in groups called ______.
12)These Woodland Indians were ______who moved with the seasons to predicted places that correspond with food and shelter needs.
13)The Woodlands practiced ______by using the Three Sisters, the most food crop of the time.
14)The Woodland Indians homes were made of ______and ______, and clothes were made of ______.
15)The structure of the family was matriarchal, which means that the ______was the basic leaders of the family, with children belonging to the mother.
Reading Comprehension Questions (5 min): Read page 35 in your Coach Book and answer the following questions.
16)The Mississippian Period lasted from ______to ______.
17)The Mississippians lived in a village called a ______that controlled the distribution of goods and divided the labor of its people.
18)Trade between the Mississippian chiefdoms of good (such as ______, ______, and ______) resulted in these artifacts being distributed all across the East coast.
19)Mississippians (also know as Mound builders) built burial and temple mounds such as ______and ______located in Georgia.
20)The Kolomoki mounds were probably build by the ______and ______Indians between 350 and 600 CE.