Native American Societies Before European Contact

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Mississippian culture (c. 800-1600 CE) is best known for

  • A

    Pacific seafaring with large oceangoing canoes and trade networks

  • B

    Reindeer herding and subarctic snowhouse settlements year-round

  • C

    Large urban centers like Cahokia, mound-building, and complex chiefdoms

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  • D

    Plains buffalo hunting on horseback and seasonal nomadic migrations

Explanation

Cahokia, near modern St. Louis, peaked at perhaps 30,000 people and featured massive earthen mounds.

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