Chapter 2 Section 2 MS Studies

To seek protection from raids and slave traders

To expand their territory

To gain access to more resources

To learn new languages

They were tattooed.

They had a hereditary chief called the Great Sun.

Their villages were ruled by their own chiefs.

They practiced agriculture as their main occupation.

The Great Sun

The Sun King

Chief Quigualtam

Louis XIV

Religious ceremonies

Military defense

Trade center

Residential housing

Natchez

Choctaw

Chickasaw

Creek

The Cherokee

The Choctaw

The Chickasaw

The Creek

They spoke Muskogean.

They were allies with the English.

They flattened the heads of their babies.

They migrated to Mississippi led by two brothers.

They lost a war to the Choctaw.

They could not hold back English expansion.

They allied with the French.

They wanted better land.

To seek protection from raids and slave traders

To find better hunting grounds

To escape harsh weather conditions

To trade goods with other tribes