Spanish
Exploration
Mississippian Culture
Mississippian Shelter/Food
Weapons and Change
100
The Missions were built here by the Spanish to convert Indians to Christianity
Barrier Islands
100
Three main reasons for Spain exploration.
God, gold, glory
100
The name of the Mississippian Indians' hierarchical society.
chiefdoms
100
This was the main crop grown.
Maize/ Corn
100
What were the Mississippians weapons made out of?
Bones, wood and cherts
200
First European explorer in Georgia
Hernando de Soto
200
The belief that a country should export more than it imports
Mercantilism
200
This was the name of people who did all of the labor in the Chiefdoms
Commoners
200
What was the main way Mississippians fed themselves? (Where did they get their food?)
Agriculture/Grew their food
200
Name a tool or weapon the Mississippians used before meeting the Spanish
Stone axes, Bow and Arrow, Chert Knives
300
How did de Soto's march through Georgia negatively affect the lives of the Mississippians?
Population decreased: Thousands died from violence and disease: 90-95% of the population died
300
Which country established colonies in the New World for raw materials?
England/British
300
Built by American Indians to hold religious and social activities and sometimes used as cemeteries
Mounds
300
These were interwoven sticks that were covered in mud or clay used for shelters.
Wattle
300
After the collapse of the Mississippian chiefdoms, what primary tribes (Georgia) did the survivors reorganize into?
Creek (Muscogee) and Cherokee
400
Specific religion Spanish wanted to convert Indians to
Catholicism/ Catholic
400
How was the mercantilist system unfair to the colonies?
Unfair prices that they could not control, could only buy/sell with England
400
Mississippians participated in this activity extensively, traveling up and down the Mississippi River.
Trade
400
Wooden structures built around the community for protection
Pallisades
400
What are 3 things (besides disease) the Spanish brought with them that were new to the Mississippians?
horses, guns, armor, war dogs, livestock
500
What diseases were brought over by the Spanish
smallpox & measles
500
What year did de Soto begin exploring Georgia?
1588 1602 1540 1494
1540
500
What are the three sisters?
Corn, Beans and Squash
500
Mississippian communities were large towns always built near this natural resource
Rivers
500
Why did the Spanish abandon the missions?
Pirates, English colonization, attacks by natives