Georgia Geography and European Exploration

What was the reason why the British came to the New World?

• to go to war with other countries

• to gain money for their country

• to spread religion

• to spread slavery

What was the reason why Spain came to the New World?

• to gain money and find gold for their country

• to gain more land to own

• to gain trade routes

• to convert the American Indians to be Catholics

Why did the American Indian population decrease?

• because of diseases and weapons

• because of new foods and spices

• because of new animals

• because of new religion

Why were the Spanish missions built?

• to convert the Mississippians to Catholicism

• to provide protection to Spanish settlers

• to establish trade with Spain

• to claim land for Spain

Why did the Mississippians lose in fighting the Spanish?

• because the number of the Spanish were greater

• because the they had dogs while the Spanish had horses

• because they had stone and bone to fight with while the Spanish had steel weapons

• because they had arrows and the Spanish had guns

How did DeSoto affect the Mississippians?

• by introducing new foods and spices

• by giving them diseases

• by having them become Catholics

• by setting up trade with them

How did agriculture impact the Mississippians?

• by creating new farm tools

• by staying in one location for farming

• by establishing social roles between men and women

• be becoming more nomadic in finding large food

What made anthropologists believe that the Mississippians believed in some type of religion?

• they had tribal centers for spiritual ceremonies

• they had pictographs about the spiritual world

• they had burial mounds with items of the dead

• they had stories of legends that were passed down from generation

How does Georgia's transportation systems help the state economy?

• by helping Georgians relocate

• by decreasing trade in the state

• by crops being transported in the state

• by providing jobs and domestic and international goods to the people in Georgia

Why did so many settlers build homes around the Fall Line?

• because provided hydro-power for mills

• because it was close to the coast which helped in transporting goods

• because it made boats transport goods easier

• because it was away from the American Indians and it made them safe