Native American Culture
This American Indian Culture lived in Georgia when the Spanish arrived, were large scale farmers, mound builders and the last prehistoric Indian culture.
Who is the Mississippian Indians?
Why did the Spanish establish missions on Georgia's barrier islands?
What is to to convert American Indians to Christianity?
A country takes raw materials/resources and ships them to another country to produce the finish product is an example of...
What is Mercantilism?
What reason was probably MOST important to the Spanish to explore North America?
What is searching for gold.
What contributed to the collapse of the Spanish mission system in Georgia in the mid-1600s?
What is declining American Indian populations due to disease?
What was the home to early American Indians living in Georgia at the time of European contact?
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
From the late 1500s to the 1680’s Spain built several religious centers on the mainland and barrier islands off of Georgia’s coast. What were these religious centers called?
What are Missions?
During the Mississippian period, many Native American groups set up large fields where they primarily grew
What is Maize?
How did the Spanish missions in Georgia respond to the ravages of disease and continual attacks by the English?
What is they retreated to Georgia's barrier islands?
In 1540, who led a Spanish expedition into Georgia?
Who is Hernando de Soto?
What was often dedicated to religious and social activities and served as bases for Mississippian chieftains’ houses, and/or burial sites?
What is a Mound?
These landmasses that were inhabited by American Indians and where many Spanish missions were built. There are 14 of them and protect the mainland. What are these landmasses BEST known as?
What are the Barrier Islands?
What were the British and the American Indians able to do once they became allies?
What is raid Spanish missions and force the Spanish out of Georgia?
American Indian religion conversion, new ally development, economic growth and disease distribution/contraction are all main factors of what exploration?
What is European?
What was Hernando De Soto’s primary motivation for exploring the area that became the colony of Georgia?
What is discovery of gold.
What method did Early Mississippians practice that allowed them to grow their own food such as maize squash, beans, and pumpkin?
What is horticulture?
Due to Spanish contact, many Mississippians were exposed to disease and died. This prehistoric American Indian culture eventually reorganized into tribes that dominated the Georgia region. Which contemporary American Indian tribes originated from the Mississippians?
What is Creek and Cherokee?
What was Great Britain’s first colony in the New World called?
What is Carolina?
The desire to create permanent colonies, mercantilism, and starting new life of opportunity is the reason for what settlement?
What is English?
How did Hernando de Soto’s march through Georgia change the lives and culture of Native Americans?
What is the expedition resulted in the death of thousands of Indians from violence and disease.
Describes the shelters of many American Indians living in Georgia at the time of European contact?
What is circular fortifications made from mud and clay?
Why did the Spanish struggle to maintain lasting colonies in the Southeast?
What is the Spanish left most places they discovered
once they were sure those areas had no gold?
Why were some religious groups in England interested in going to the New World?
What is an opportunity to escape religious persecution?
What are the reasons for European exploration and settlement in the area of North America, with emphasis on the interests of the Spanish and British in the Southeastern area?
What is God, Gold and Glory?
Why was de Soto's body was weighted down in the Mississippi River by his men?
What is De Soto attempted to convince the American Indians whom he met that he was divine. Had his body been discovered, the American Indians would know he lied?