vocab
The building method using woven wooden sticks covered with mud or clay used by Mississippian communities.
What is wattle and daub?
famous for peaches, peanuts, and pecans)
what is Coastal Plain Region
Spanish explorers came to the New World seeking these "3 Gs."
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
These were three successful agricultural crops produced in early colonial Georgia.
What are rice, indigo, and tobacco?
Unlike the strict Trustee Period, the Royal Period permitted large land holdings and significantly increased the use of this type of labor.
What is slave labor (slavery)?
The geographic feature where land elevation changes rapidly, creating river rapids that block boats from traveling further inland.
What is the Fall Line?
On a world map, Georgia is located on this continent and in these two hemispheres.
What are North America, the Northern Hemisphere, and the Western Hemisphere?
The economic system where a mother country creates colonies to obtain raw materials and expand trade markets.
What is Mercantilism?
The three official purposes for establishing Georgia outlined in the Charter of 1732.
What are Philanthropy, Economics, and Defense?
If a small business incurs $80 in expenses and generates $120 in total sales, this is their total profit.
What is $40?
The southern region of Georgia characterized by low elevation, a long growing season, and agricultural output.
What is the Coastal Plain?
They established Savannah at that location primarily for access to
what is fresh water and trading
Spanish friars established these structures along Georgia's barrier islands to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
What are missions?
This specific charter purpose was aimed at using Georgia to protect South Carolina from Spanish military attacks.
What is Defense?
An individual who risks their own time and personal money to launch a business in hopes of earning a profit.
What is an entrepreneur?
Large structures made of soil built by Native Americans for ceremonial, religious, or burial purposes.
What are earthen mounds?
Early settlers built the town of Savannah along the Savannah River primarily for access to trading and this basic necessity.
What is fresh water?
This tragic consequence was brought to Native Americans by European explorers, resulting in widespread sickness and death.
What are European diseases?
Three common jobs or trades practiced by early settlers in the Georgia colony.
What are farmers, tailors, and blacksmiths?
During Georgia's Royal Period, ultimate authority for appointing governors belonged to this individual.
Who was the King of England?
The native culture existing when Europeans arrived, known for farming, mound building, and living along river systems.
What is the Mississippian Culture?
A riverboat traveling inland from the coast stops at this geographical boundary where the Piedmont meets the Coastal Plain due to sudden rapids.
What is the Fall Line?
She played a vital historical role by acting as an interpreter between James Oglethorpe and Chief Tomochichi.
Who was Mary Musgrove?
This group of early settlers earned their nickname by objecting to Trustee rules against land ownership, alcohol, and slavery.
Who were the Malcontents?
Filming a movie in a small Georgia town helps its local economy by creating jobs and benefiting businesses in this direct way.
What is buying food and local resources/goods?