📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. What was the most devastating impact of European arrival on Native Americans?

Loss of hunting grounds

Disease and death

Changes in clothing styles

New farming techniques

2. Which Native American tribe was known for developing a written constitution and government system?

Yamassee

Cherokee

Catawba

Creek

3. What happened to Native American political structures after European contact?

They became stronger and larger

They changed from large chiefdoms to smaller tribes

They disappeared completely

They remained exactly the same

4. Which of the following were major impacts of European contact? (Check all that apply)

Loss of ancestral lands

Enslavement and displacement

Dependence on European goods

Improved health and medicine

✏️ Part 2: Short Answer Questions

5. Explain how European diseases affected Native American populations and why they were so deadly.

6. Describe what happened to Native American beliefs and traditional ways of life after European contact.

7. Compare the experiences of the Cherokee, Catawba, and Yamassee tribes during European colonization.

8. Complete the sentences about Native American impacts:

a) Many Native Americans became dependent on _____________ goods like metal tools, guns, and cloth.

b) The _____________ tribe was nearly wiped out during the Yamassee War of 1715-1717.

c) European colonists forced Native Americans off their _____________ lands to make room for farms and settlements.

d) Some Native Americans were captured and sold into _____________ in other colonies.

9. Why do you think the arrival of Europeans was so devastating for Native American societies? Give at least two specific reasons.