The woodland and mississippian indians were similar in that they both a) lacked a system of religion or belief in an afterlife. eliminate b) practiced agriculture and lived in settled, permanent villages. c) existed in the southeastern united states before the archaic period. d) were negatively impacted by hernando de soto's explorations throughout the southeast.

Americans often speak of their country as one of several large regions.  these regions are cultural units rather than governmental units --  formed by history and geography and shaped by the economics, literature and folkways that all the parts of a region share. what makes one region different from another? a region's multicultural heritage as well as distinct demographic characteristics like age and occupation make regions different and special. within several regions, language is used differently and there are strong dialects. there are also differences in outlook and attitude based on geography.