8th Grade Social Studies Review

Which of the following are examples of Mississippian Indian culture at the time of the first contact with Europeans? (31a)

• political systems of chiefdoms were led by chiefs

• comprised of tribes of nomadic hunter gatherers

• agriculture led to establishment of towns and villages

• gold and silver coins were used as currency for trade

• wooden palisades, moats, and flat topped mounds

Why do archaeologists believe that Mississippian Indians believed in some sort of afterlife? (31a)

• they have found paintings in caves depicting an afterlife

• they have found paintings on teepees depicting an afterlife

• they have found stories of an afterlife etched into rock walls

• they have found tools,weapons, and other items buried with their dead

Which THREE of the following are reasons that the Spanish explored and settled in the southeastern region of North America? (31b)

• mercantilism

• gold for Spain

• self-sustaining colonies

• personal fame and fortune

• converting natives to Catholicism

England's goal for settlement in North America was to establish permanent colonies to provide raw materials for producing finished goods in England, which would then be sold in the colonies for profit.

Which of the following terms describes this process? (31b)

• communism

• mercantilism

• market economy

• command economy

What impact did contact with DeSoto's Spanish explorers have on the Mississippian Indians?

• trading opportunities

• exotic foods from Europe

• new types of transportation

• death from disease and warfare

Why did the Spanish establish missions along the barrier islands of Georgia's coast? (31c)

• to protect Spanish settlements on the mainland

• to convert American Indians to Catholicism

• to trade with the American Indians

• to educate American Indians

The Charter of 1732 outlined which THREE of the following as reasons for the establishment of the colony of Georgia? (32a)

• slavery

• defense

• economics

• religious freedom

• philanthropy

Which of the following reasons for the establishment of the colony of Georgia was based on James Oglethorpe's desire to create a colony to help "debtors and the worthy poor?" (32a)

• religious freedom

• philanthropy

• economics

• defense

Which of the following reasons for the establishment of the colony of Georgia is based on England's desire to import raw materials from its colonies to use to produce finished goods? (32a)

• religious freedom

• philanthropy

• economics

• defense

Which of the following reasons for the establishment of the colony of Georgia is based on the need for a buffer between the successful colony of South Carolina and Spanish Florida? (32a)

• religious freedom

• philanthropy

• economics

• defense