Native Americans @ European Contact
Name given to natives who had first contact with Spain; known for horticulture (gardening) and their society
Mississippians
Name the 3 countries that explored North America.
Spain
France
Great Britain
Name the explorer who explored the southeast region of the United States.
Hernando de Soto
Charter of 1732
This person is seen as the "founder of GA."
James Oglethorpe
Name one weapon used by Mississippians
**Bonus points if you can name the weapon that assisted with aiming spears**
- Bow & Arrows
- Chert Knives
- Atlatl
These three reasons are why Spain explored.
God, Gold, Glory
Hernando de Soto is considered infamous for this reason.
Torturing and killing natives in his quest to find gold.
This monarch granted permission for the establishment of colonial Georgia.
King George II
This person served as a translator, assisting with developing colonial Georgia.
Mary Musgrove
This method was used to build shelter and involved weaving sticks together and filling the gaps with clay
Wattle & Daub
France settled in the Ohio River Valley for this reason and later leads to the French & Indian War.
Fur Trade
This disease was spread through trade, primarily through blankets, and led to a mass amount of death among Mississippians.
Smallpox
This reason under the Charter of 1732 aligned with mercantilism.
Economics
This person was best friend with the founder of Georgia and served as chief of the Yamacraw.
Tomochichi
This characteristic of Mississippian culture was used for religious rituals and social customs; the height also factored into the social hierarchy
Mounds
Name the reason for why Britain explored. This was the idea that colonies would gather raw materials & ship them to the mother country to be turned into finished products and exported to other countries.
Mercantilism
These were built by Spain on the barrier islands of Georgia to convert natives to Christianity.
Spanish Missions
This reason under the Charter of 1732 led to Georgia becoming a buffer colony, protecting British-owned South Carolina from Spanish-owned Florida.
Defense
This piece of land was give to Oglethorpe and later becomes Savannah.
Yamacraw Bluff
As Europeans made contact and Mississippian numbers dwindled, these two tribes were formed in Georgia.
Cherokee & Muscogee Creek
Name the branch of Christianity that Britain had and Spain had.
Britain - Protestant
Spain - Catholic
Besides death, disease, and conversion to Christianity, name two other ways Mississippians were impacted by European explorers.
Different ways of life (dress, food, etc.)
Loss of land/resources
War between tribes
This reason under the Charter of 1732 was why Oglethorpe wanted to establish Georgia in the first place because his friend was in the debtors' prison.
Philanthropy/Charity
Name the 5 WRIST crops meant to help Georgia and Britain's economy.
Wine, Rice, Indigo, Silk, Tobacco