Culture
Society was mainly of farmers, living in villages and towns organized into these groups.
Were the center of village life in the Mississippian period.
What were Mounds?
Used by Mississippian Indians for hunting and warfare.
What were bows and arrows?
Mississippian worship rituals revolved around _____ __________.
What are spiritual connections?
Reasons for European Exploration of the eastern region of North America.
Tales of great wealth, spices, new trade routes?
In a chiefdom, this person is usually the one who makes all of the decisions for the small society.
Who is the chief?
Mounds were used for these types of services.
What are social and religious activities?
Items used by Mississippians for making tools.
What are stone, wood, and bone?
Mississippians believed that animals, plants, and other natural parts of earth have spirits. What is this type of belief called?
What is animism?
Was the first Spanish explorer to see the interior of the American Southeast.
Who was Hernando de Soto?
Believed in spiritual connections with nature.
Who were the Mississippian Indians?
These were the most common crops of the Mississippian Indians. They were known as the "three sisters crops".
What are Maize (corn), beans, and squash?
Europeans brought these items to the Indians. This item made hunting easier. It could also be used for protection.
What are guns?
What are dresses of furs, hides, and feathers from hunted game?
The way Hernando De Soto impacted the American Indian groups he encountered.
They suffered a decrease in population due to exposure to diseases/illnesses brought by Hernando and his army?
Places created for Spanish explorers to spread their faith.
What were the Spanish Missions?
Local game and other meats eaten by the Mississippian Indians.
What were fish, deer, and turkeys?
European explorers brought these to help them travel across large areas of land much faster.
What are horses?
Spanish Missionaries were sent by their church to the new country to spread the faith of Catholicism.
Purpose of the Spanish Missions along Georgia's barrier islands?
They were searching for gold, spices, and riches.
Why did European nations explore the Americas?
Explorers from England were of this faith.
What is Protestant/Christian faith?
Food items hunters gathered/took along while hunting.They also took easily preserved food along.
What are berries, nuts, and acorns?
Prior to European contact, this item was common and popular for battles between tribes of Mississippian warriors. This was usually used in one-on-one combat.
What are War Clubs?
Faith of England during the time of European exploration along the east coast of North America.
What is Protestant/Christian?
English were looking for natural resources for their industries. They had hopes of exporting more goods than they were importing.
What is mercantilism?