Question

Select all statements that describe the Mississippian culture.
A.

Built mounds for religious and political ceremonies
B.

Relied primarily on hunting large animals for food
C.

Lived in permanent villages with palisades and moats
D.

Used simple stone tools for farming and construction

Answer 1

A and C.

- A is correct: Mississippian peoples built large platform mounds used for religious and political purposes.
- C is correct: They lived in permanent, nucleated towns often surrounded by palisades and defensive ditches or moats.
- B is incorrect: their economy was centered on maize agriculture, not primarily hunting large animals.
- D is misleading: while they used stone, bone, shell, and wooden tools, describing their implements as merely "simple stone tools for farming and construction" is not an accurate characterization.