What Native American group encountered the first European Explorers in Georgia?
Mississippian Native Americans
The Mississippian Native Americans organized their villages/settlements/towns in a hierarchy of a _________
Chiefdom, elites at the top, commoners at the bottom
Give at least 2 uses for the mounds created by the Mississippians.
Burial, Religious Ceremony, home to elites
A staple crop for the Mississippian Indians was _______
corn or maize
Large fences surrounding the village/settlement/town to defend or enclose are know as _
palisades
Mississippians used this to make their knives and sometimes arrows.
Chert
Mississippians had permanent homes made from __________
Wattle and Daub
Name 3 reasons for the French Exploration and settlement in North America
New France colony, Furs, Freedom of Religion
The most famous Spanish explorer that came to Georgia seeking a golden fortune was
Hernando De Soto
the 3 Gs: God, gold, and glory
Reasons for Spanish exploration
The Spanish set up these establishments, later settlements, on Georgia's Barrier Islands to assimilate the natives.
Spanish Missions
the English economic policy focused on exporting more than importing
Mercantilism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
colonialism
What was the number one cause of death for Native Americans during the 100 years after European Exploration began?
disease, no immunity to fight off disease brought by Europeans
