Mississippian Culture
These were the everyday workers in Mississippian culture.
Who were the commoners?
These were the three reasons the Spanish began exploring the New World.
What are god, gold, and glory?
These were the two main reasons the English wanted to settle in the New World.
What are religious freedom and mercantilism?
These were the three countries that came to settle the New World.
Who are the French, Spanish, and British (English)?
This is the government structure most common during the Mississippian era.
What is a chiefdom?
The Spanish created missions for this purpose.
What is to convert people to Catholicism?
The English settled in this part of the United States.
What is the East Coast?
What are mounds?
This is where the majority of the Spanish missions were created.
What are the Georgia barrier islands?
This is the meaning of the term mercantilism.
What is importing/exporting raw goods back to the motherland?
What is 700?
When developing farming, the Mississippians began growing these three crops together in what we call the 3 Sisters.
What are corn, squash, and beans.
Though they originally landed in Florida, most of the Spanish influence can be seen in this part of North America.
What is Mexico and/or the Southwest United States?
The British took control of the Barrier Islands by doing this.
What is destroying the Spanish missions?
This is how we know about the adventures of Hernando de Soto and his explorations.
What are journals?
These were the two purposes of the mounds created during the Mississippian period.
This Spanish explorer was responsible for exploring much of the Southeast United States before dying and being given a water funeral in the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
The first English settlement was in which state? Double points if you can tell me the year.
What is Virginia in 1607?
This was one of the major advancements in technology that made the Age of Exploration possible.
What is better ships?