The Woodlanf and mississippian Indians were similar in that they both

B. practiced agriculture and lived in settled, permanent villages.

Explanation:

The options include:

a) lacked a system of religion or belief in an afterlife.

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.

The Woodland Period was a term in 1930s that represented prehistoric sites that was in-between the hunter-gatherers of the Archaic and the Mississippian cultures that were agriculturalists.

The Woodland and Mississippian Indians were similar because they practiced agriculture and lived in settled, permanent villages. The Mississippians were called so because they were located close to Mississippi River valley. They were also called mound builders.