Prehistoric Georgia
First Colony
Exploration
Geography
Physical Features
100

The most important prehistoric culture in Georgia was known as the _________________.  

Who are the Mississippians?

100

Original site of settlement of Savannah

What is Yamacraw Bluff?

100

Three reasons that Spain sent explorers to North America. 

What is God, gold & glory?

100

The continent Georgia is situated on.

What is North America?

100

The feature that forms the border between Georgia and South Carolina

What is the Savannah River?

200

Tool that was used to help throw spears to help the Mississippians hunt animals?

Atlatl

200

A trader that served as an interpreter

Who is Mary Musgrove?

200

This was the first explorer to walk across the land we now know as Georgia.

Who is Hernando de Soto?

200

Which hemisphere(s) is Georgia located on?  

What are the Northern & Western hemispheres?

200

This produces the most rainfall in Georgia due to its high elevations.  

What is the Appalachian Mountains?

300

The type of structure Mississippians used for housing

What is wattle & daub?

300

The type of alcohol colonists were banned from selling or drinking

What is rum?

300

The economic system where the exports of a country are greater than its imports.  

What is mercantilism?

300

The nation that Georgia is a part of

What is the United States of America?

300

The feature that forms much of the border between Georgia and Alabama.  

What is the Chattahoochee River?

400

The Three Sister Crops

What are corn, beans & squash?

400

King George II sent him to help set up the new colony of Georgia

Who is James Oglethorpe?

400

The location of many of the Spanish missions set up in Georgia.

What is the Barrier Islands?

400

The region of the nation that Georgia is a part of

What is the Southeast?

400

The largest freshwater swamp in North America, located in the Coastal Plain.

What is the Okefenokee Swamp?

500

Used for religious ceremonies, burials, residences for the elite

What are mounds?

500

The reason for Georgia's founding that was the most successful

What is defense, buffer colony successfully protected South Carolina from Spanish Florida?

500

This country was more interested in colonizing new territory rather than finding riches. 

What is Great Britain?

500

The main line of latitude that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.

What is the Equator?

500

Protects the mainland from wind and water erosion, site of the first Spanish missions in Georgia.  

What are the barrier islands?