Exploration and Colonization - Unit Review

Front

Largest swamp in North America; was home to many Native Americans and a location for Spanish missions

Back

Okefenoke

Front

Another term for corn

Back

Maize

Front

Sedimentary rock used by the American Indians to make knives

Back

Chert

Front

The last major prehistoric Native American culture in Georgia; known for being large scale framers and mound builders who traded throughout North America.

Back

Mississippian Indians

Front

Several islands off of Georgia's coast; inhabited by Native Americans; the Spanish built several missions on these islands

Back

Barrier Islands

Front

Spanish conquistador who led an expedition through the Southeastern U.S.; credited as being the first European in Georgia

Back

Hernando DeSoto

Front

the royal period in Georgia beginning in 1752 after the trustees gave authority of the colony to the king. The royal period lasted until the Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution in 1783.

Back

Royal Colony

Front

Churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting the Native American to Christianity.

Back

Mission

Front

the English economic policy focused on exporting more than importing

Back

Mercantilism

Front

The first capital of Georgia; founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe

Back

Savannah