Question

2. During the Mississippian Period, what term is associated with the governmental structure that consisted of chiefs and or elites within the tribe that held the chief and elites?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Chiefdoms were large societies in which a Chief was in charge and a group of elites surrounded him.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Chiefdoms were the governmental structure that consisted of chiefs and or elites within the tribe that held the chief and elites.

• The Mississippian culture was a culture that existed around 800 to 1600 CE.
• The Mississippi river was their lifeblood and they flourished around it in the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States.
• They were a tribal society that followed a form of government called chiefdoms.
• Chiefdoms are a form of government that is based on kinship and where top executive power is monopolized by the members of a single family.
• These are considered to be one of the earliest forms of proto-complex governments or political systems.
• Chiefdoms usually ruled over relatively small geographic areas and also were not heavily populated.
• Thus, the answer to this question is that chiefdoms were the governmental structure that consisted of chiefs and or elites within the tribe that held the chief and elites.

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