American Indians at European Contact
These Georgia natives lived in chiefdoms and farmed maize, beans, and squash.
Who were the Mississippian Indians?
These three words sum up common motives for exploration: spread religion, seek wealth, win power and fame.
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
This Spanish conquistador explored Georgia in 1540 looking for gold.
Who was Hernando de Soto?
Spain built missions on these Georgia landforms to convert Native peoples.
What are the barrier islands?
The leading cause of Native population loss after contact.
What are diseases like smallpox?
Mississippians built these large earthen structures for ceremonies and leaders’ homes.
What are mounds?
In the Southeast, Spain chased this “G” the hardest—precious metals and riches.
What is Gold?
De Soto brought these animals and metal gear that shocked Native warriors.
What are horses, pigs, and armor?
Missions targeted the Guale and Mocama—these are examples of what?
What are tribes/Native groups?
European metal tools and weapons changed this aspect of Native life.
What is warfare/hunting?
Most Mississippian towns were placed near this resource for travel and farming.
What are rivers?
The British often pursued this “G” by building permanent colonies, raw-materials trade, and profit.
What is Gold (wealth through settlement and trade)?
De Soto never found gold, but he left this tragic impact on Native communities.
What is disease and destruction?
This usually included a church and converting those within the established village.
What is a mission?
Trade with Europeans sometimes led to this loss of land and movement of people.
What is displacement?
Mississippian society was led by this kind of powerful community leader.
What is a chief?
Planting flags, claiming land for the crown, and competing with rival empires showed this motive.
What is Glory?
De Soto’s expedition is among the first written records of this interior region of North America.
What is Southeastern United States?
Missions changed daily life by pushing Native peoples to adopt this language and religion.
What are Spanish and Catholicism?
Some Native groups formed these with European powers for protection or trade advantages.
What are alliances?
Mississippians traded items like copper and shells across long distances using these routes.
What are trade networks/paths?
Missionaries working to convert Native peoples—like along the Georgia coast—were aiming for this “G.”
What is God (spreading Christianity)?
De Soto died on this major river after his failed search.
What is the Mississippi River?
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What is the thunderbolts?
Before African slavery became dominant in the colonies, this often-overlooked trade saw tens of thousands of Southeastern Native people captured and sold to places like the Caribbean.
What is the Indian slave trade?