Mississippian Culture
What is maize?
Georgia is located in this country.
What is the United States of America?
Which Georgia region is located in the central part of the state?
What is the Piedmont?
This river forms part of the border between Georgia and Alabama.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
pain's three main reasons for exploration were known as the Three G's.
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
The Mississippian Culture lasted from approximately 800 CE to this year.
What is 1600 CE?
Georgia is located in this region of the United States.
What is the Southeast?
Which region is located in the southernmost part of Georgia?
What is the Coastal Plain?
This river forms the border between Georgia and South Carolina.
This Spanish explorer traveled through southwest Georgia searching for gold.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
The Mississippians practiced this type of farming, which involves growing vegetables and other plants.
What is horticulture?
Georgia is located on this continent.
Which region is located in northeast Georgia and is known for tourism, forestry, and mining?
What is the Blue Ridge?
This large swamp is located in southern Georgia and is an important freshwater ecosystem.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
This group of 21 Englishmen was responsible for managing the colony of Georgia.
Who are the Trustees?
The Mississippians practiced this type of farming, which involves growing vegetables and other plants.
What are earthen mounds?
Georgia is located in both the Northern Hemisphere and this hemisphere.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
Which region is located in northwest Georgia and has economic activities including coal mining and limestone production?
What is the Appalachian Plateau?
These islands off Georgia's coast protect the mainland from strong winds and erosion.
What are the Barrier Islands?
Name one of the three reasons Georgia was established.
Name one of the three reasons Georgia was established.
Why did Mississippian people often live in villages near rivers
Rivers provided important resources and supported their communities.
Put these in order from largest to smallest: hemisphere, continent, nation, state.
Hemisphere → continent → nation → state
Which Georgia region has a large agricultural economy that includes peanuts, peaches, cotton, Vidalia onions, and pecans?
What is the Coastal Plain?
This feature marks the last point in Georgia where boats and ships can travel on rivers.
What is the Fall Line?
Why was Georgia strategically located between South Carolina and Spanish Florida?
To protect English-controlled South Carolina and the colonists from possible Spanish attacks.