Arkansas HistoryUnit Two Study Guide (Chapters 5-6)

Chapter 5Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, MississippianWhat is the difference between history and prehistory?

What are the four pre historic native Arkansans?

Know what tools/ resources the pre historic native Arkansans used.

Know what crop/foods did the pre historic native Arkansans have

Know what the dwellings were like for pre historic native Arkansans.

Osage, Quapaw,CaddoKnow what tools/ resources the historic native tribes had

Know what their dwellings were like

Know what area of Arkansas they inhabited

Explain the culture of one of the historic native tribes (ESSAY)

Name the most important change in the Woodland tradition.

What was the relationship of the Osages to northwest Arkansas?

Identify three reasons why salt was very important to the Caddo’s way of life.

CH. 6Know the reasons the European Explorers had a low opinion of the Native American population.

Hernando de Soto, Jacques Marquette/Louis Joliet, Robert de la SalleKnow the goals of each of their expeditions

What were the accomplishments/failures of their expeditions

Explain the issures De Soto and his men had crossing the Miss River into Arkansas

Be able to explain the story of Casqui and De Soto (Essay)

How did De Soto deal with the Indians?

What did Marquette and Joliet realize about their journey on the Mississippi River?

Who was La Salle’s lieutenant ? What role did he have with the Arkansas Post?

What did La Salle inform the Indians he met in Arkansas? How did he complete the bargain?

Explain why he went back to France and why he never made it back to the Miss River

Know the role of De Tonti in the establishing of the Arkansas Post

Explain John Law’s role in attracting French colonists to the Arkansas Post

Know about the daily life at the Post. (How they lived, Slavery, Marriages) ESSAY

Know the two Revolutions that affected the Arkansas Post.l