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1
Q

Find age of something by radioactivity

Carbon Dates
Chiefdom
Floodplains
Palisade
Archaeologist
Effigy Pots
Dugout Canoes
Fall Line
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Carbon Dates

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Large towns and outlying communities

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Chiefdoms

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River valley where soil is found

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Floodplains
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Floodplains

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High wall of wooden fences

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Palisade

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5
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Scientist who study tools and other items

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Archaeologist

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6
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Formed into shapes of animals and faces or bodies

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Effigy Pots

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7
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Mississippians traveled up and down rivers in these

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Dugout Canoes

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8
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Imaginary line marked by waterfalls and rapids where rivers descend.

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Dugout Canoes
Fall Line
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Fall line

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Remains of living things.

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Erosion
Species 
Excavate
Inhabitants 
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Geologist 
Bisect
Ice Age
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Fossils

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Parts of the country

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Province

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Wearing away of land

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Erosion

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Groups of related plants or animals

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Species

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13
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Uncover from earth by digging

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Excavate

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People who live in a particular place

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Inhabitants

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Period of time before history was written down

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Prehistoric

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16
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Scientist who study rock

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Erosion
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Geologist

17
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To cut up or divide

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Erosion
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Geologist 
Bisect
Ice Age
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Bisect

18
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many years ago when glaciers covered the earth.

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Excavate
Inhabitants 
Prehistoric
Geologist 
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Ice Age
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Ice Age

19
Q

A place in Alabama that was an important center of Mississippian Culture was __________.

A

Bottle Creek

20
Q

The First People to live in Alabama arrived in the state about _____ years ago

A

12,000

21
Q

Alabama is located in the _______ and _______ hemispheres

A

Northern, Western

22
Q

People moved around a land bridge that connected ______ and North America

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Asia

23
Q

What four states border Alabama?

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Florida, MS, TENN, Georgia

24
Q

Body of water located South of Alabama is ____________.

A

Gulf of Mexico

25
Q

List three things mounds are used for ____________.

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Burials, homes for chiefs, ceremonies/celebrations

26
Q

List three tools that archaeologist used to excavate _______

A

Brush, shovel, screen

27
Q

Two of the most important Mississippian sites in Alabama are located at ________ and __________________.

A

Moundville and Bottle Creek

28
Q

The largest mound is _____ tall and covers nearly _______.

A

60 ft and 2 acres

29
Q

Looters that damage treasures are called _______.

A

Vandals

30
Q

How many mounds did Bottle Creek have?

A

18

31
Q

Two possible causes of decline of the Mississippian Culture.

A

Diseases or war

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