Prehistoric Georgia
The most important prehistoric culture in Georgia was known as the _________________.
Who are the Mississippians?
Original site of settlement of Savannah
What is Yamacraw Bluff?
Three reasons that Spain sent explorers to North America.
What is God, gold & glory?
The continent Georgia is situated on.
What is North America?
The feature that forms the border between Georgia and South Carolina
What is the Savannah River?
Tool that was used to help throw spears to help the Mississippians hunt animals?
Atlatl
A trader that served as an interpreter
Who is Mary Musgrove?
This was the first explorer to walk across the land we now know as Georgia.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
Which hemisphere(s) is Georgia located on?
What are the Northern & Western hemispheres?
This produces the most rainfall in Georgia due to its high elevations.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
The type of structure Mississippians used for housing
What is wattle & daub?
The type of alcohol colonists were banned from selling or drinking
What is rum?
The economic system where the exports of a country are greater than its imports.
What is mercantilism?
The nation that Georgia is a part of
What is the United States of America?
The feature that forms much of the border between Georgia and Alabama.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
The Three Sister Crops
What are corn, beans & squash?
King George II sent him to help set up the new colony of Georgia
Who is James Oglethorpe?
The location of many of the Spanish missions set up in Georgia.
What is the Barrier Islands?
The region of the nation that Georgia is a part of
What is the Southeast?
The largest freshwater swamp in North America, located in the Coastal Plain.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
Used for religious ceremonies, burials, residences for the elite
What are mounds?
The reason for Georgia's founding that was the most successful
What is defense, buffer colony successfully protected South Carolina from Spanish Florida?
This country was more interested in colonizing new territory rather than finding riches.
What is Great Britain?
The main line of latitude that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Protects the mainland from wind and water erosion, site of the first Spanish missions in Georgia.
What are the barrier islands?