Mississippian Period
What kind of culture did the Mississippians have?
What is burial mounds & religious ceremonies?
What kind of culture did the Creek and Cherokee have? (Name one attribute)
What are religious ceremonies, villages near rivers, towns built around a central plaza?
Who was Hernando de Soto?
What is the first explorer in what is now GA?
What are the three G's of European exploration?
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
What were Great Britain's 2 main reasons for exploration?
What are God and Glory? (expanding empire and making money)
What did Mississippians eat/grow as a food source? (Name at least 2)
What is maize/corn, squash, beans, hunted animals, fished, and gathered nuts and berries?
What did the Cherokee and Creek eat/grow as a food source? (Name at least 2)
What is they hunted deer and turkey, fished, gathered fruits and nuts, and grew squash, corn, and beans?
What was de Soto's main reason for exploration?
What is to find gold? (cities of gold)
What was Spain's main reason for exploration?
What is to spread Christianity? (God)
Define mercantilism.
What is exporting more goods than importing?
What is the name for the groups of Mississippian settlements?
What are Chiefdoms?
What kind of weapons and tools did the Cherokee and Creek use? (Name at least 2)
What are bows and arrows, blowguns, traps, fishing spears & hooks, woven baskets, flint knives, arrowheads, & stone axes?
What was one outcome of de Soto's exploration?
What is failure to find gold and death of many American Indians?
What was one outcome of Spanish exploration?
What is wealth to Spain, no colony in GA, and American Indians adopting European culture?
What was one outcome of Great Britain's exploration?
What is GB becoming rich and powerful, and establishing places for people to "begin a new life"?
What kind of weapons and tools did the Mississippians use? (Name at least 2)
What are stone, wood, and bone weapons, pottery, pipes, instruments, & jewelry?
Describe the summer and winter homes of the Creek and Cherokee.
Creek: Summer - rectangle home w/ no walls; Winter - rectangle home w/ walls
Cherokee: Summer - long rectangle homes w/ walls and thatched roof; Winter - round homes called hot houses
What is one way de Soto's exploration affected the American Indians?
What is spreading disease (smallpox), torture, or murder?
What is one way Spanish exploration affected the American Indians?
What is they were converted to Christianity, enslaved, or killed by disease?
What is one way Great Britain's exploration affected the American Indians?
What is death by disease, or many adopted European culture?