Founding of Georgia
Georgia was founded on what year?
1733
Who was the first European to explore Georgia?
Hernando De Soto
The work force in the Mississippian culture
The largest swamp in North America; was the home to many Native Americans and a location for Spanish missions.
Okefenokee Swamp
Where did the Spanish exploration of North America begin?
They started in the Bahamas.
What group of Indians were in Georgia from 800-1600AD?
The Mississippian Indians
What diseases did the Spanish Exploration bring to the Mississippian Indians?
Smallpox, measles, and influenza(the flu)
the power holders in the Mississippian culture
Elites
Barrier Islands
What were their three main reasons for exploring North America?
God, Glory, and Gold
What did the Mississippian Indians build?
Mississippian towns or villages
Garden cultivation (small scale); important to the Mississippian culture
Horticulture
What did Mississippian Indians grow?
They grew maize, squash, beans, and tobacco
Where was their first permanent settlement?
Saint Augustine, Florida
What were the rankings in the Mississippian Indians' chiefdom society?
Where were the Spanish missions located?
Near the GA/Florida border and near GA's Barrier Islands
The English economic policy focused on exporting more than importing.
Mercantilism
What ways did the Mississippian Indians gather food?
The hunted animals, fished, and gathered nuts and berries.
What religion were the Spanish?
Catholic
What were the three distinct locations in the Mississippian Towns?
Central Plaza, Residential Zones, and Defense Structres
Who began exploring North America after the ending of the Mission System in the 1600's?
The British
(800 C.E.-1600 C.E.)- the last major prehistoric Native American culture in Georgia; known for being large scale farmers and mound builders who traded throughout North America
Mississippian Indians
walls built of a network of interwoven sticks and covered with mud or clay; used by early American Indian cultures and European settlers
Wattle and Daub
What do the Spanish mean when they say they want Glory from exploring North America?
They wanted fame and notoriety, as well as the strongest empire