Native Americans
The Leader of a Native Tribe has what title?
Chief
What is a Chiefdom?
One person is in control of the village and that is the chief. Families are ranked depending on how close they are to the chief family. Elites and commoners were two classes in the Mississippian Culture.
Who was the first European Explorer to touch land in Georgia?
Hernando De Soto
What were Great Britain’s 4 reasons for exploring the Americas?
God, Glory, Opportunity, Mercantilism
What were Spain’s three main interests for exploring the Americas?
God, Gold, and Glory
What were the 2 primary Indian groups living in GA when the Europeans began settling? (descendants of Mississippian)
Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee
Mississippian shelters were made with wooden poles covered with a woven siding of branches and twigs covered in a muddy clay. These shelters were known as?
Wattle and Daub
Where was the first Spanish Mission in Southeast United States? (First Settlement)
St. Augustine, Florida
Why was opportunity in Americas an interest for Great Britain?
During this time period, Great Britain had a huge number of poor and unemployed people.
This lower class of people needed a place to go for new opportunities.
What religion was Spain trying to spread and convert Natives to in the Americas?
Catholicism (Christianity)
The Cherokee Indians of North Georgia and the Muscogee (Creek) in South Georgia often built palisades (large wall of trees around the village). Why did they do this?
Protection from enemies (European Explorers and Spanish Conquistadors).
Mississippian weapons and tools were primarily made from
Bone and Wood
What was one of the many diseases spread by Europeans to Natives?
Smallpox, Measles, Influenza, Chicken Pox
Why was God (religion) one of the 4 interests in British explorers during the 1600’s.
Seeking religious freedom from the corruption in the Church of England.
Who was the Spanish conquistador that spread diseases, enslaved, and killed Native Americans in the 1500s? He traveled through present-day Georgia for gold and glory.
Hernando de Soto
Describe one part of the Mississippian Native Culture
Mounds, Spiritual Rituals, Farming, Stick Ball etc…
Mississippians were known for growing the three sisters crops? What were they
Corn (Maize), Beans, Squash
Which European country was the first to explore the Americas and establish a settlement in present-day United States?
Spain
What was the economic trading policy that Great Britain established to increase the number of exports in trade and become the greatest economy in the world?
Mercantilism
What were Spanish explorers called whose main purpose was to find gold and conquer land?
Conquistadors
Give two examples of what Mississippian Natives would use Mounds for?
Burial Sites for Elites
Spiritual Ceremonies
Housing for the Chief
Council Town/Village Meeting
Why were the houses of the Mississippian chiefs built on platform mounds?
It was believed that the Chief was a descendant or correspondent with the Sun spirits, which had a major influence on agriculture. He/She was also seen as “above” their people.
What European country started exploring after seeing Spain’s successes in the Americas?
Great Britain
In order to accomplish mercantilism, Great Britain primarily needed what in the Americas?
Resources, Raw Materials
The priest at Santa Catalina's, a Spanish MISSION on St. Catherines Island, main purpose was to?
Convert Indians to the Catholic religion