Georgia Studies Unit 2 Review

The first prehistoric Native American group to make pottery was the

• Archaic
• Mississippian
• Paleo
• Woodland

The purpose of missions established on Georgia's barrier islands was to

• take land from the Native Americans
• kill the Native Americans
• find gold on Native American lands
• convert Native Americans to Christianity

How do archaeologists use middens?

• To write reports on the daily lives of modern humans.
• To understand the lives of people with no written language.
• To tell funny stories at archaeology parties.
• To research climate change

Which Native American group used the atlatl as a way to kill prey?

• Paleo
• Archaic
• Woodland
• Mississippian

Europeans colonized the New World for which of the following reasons?

• national competition
• to spread Christianity
• for wealth
• all of the above

The French made most of their profit from which activity?

• Jesuit priests converting Native Americans to Catholicism.
• Selling finished fur products to the other colonists
• Trading fur with the Native Americans
• Shipping fur products to Great Britain and Spain

Archaeologists have discovered artifacts that look like a stone axe.  They believe this was used as the first farming tool.  During which prehistoric period was it used?

• Paleo
• Archaic
• Woodland
• Mississippian

Spain and Great Britain were bitter religious rivals.  Which of the following statements is true about the religion of each country?

• Spain was mostly Protestant while Great Britain was mostly Catholic.
• Spain was mostly Catholic while Great Britain allowed many different types of religions.
• Spain was Catholic and Great Britain was Protestant.
• Great Britain had more Puritans while Spain had more Quakers.

Which region of North America did Hernando de Soto explore?

• Northeast
• Southeast
• Southwest
• Northwest

What would one call a constructed hill, normally over a burial site?

• mound
• midden
• atlatl
• grave