8th grade H2

Choose all of the purposes of the mounds in the Mississippian culture. There is more than 1 correct answer.

• homes of priests and chiefs

• a place to grow crops

• a cemetery for the elite

• a sports complex for the children

• a place for meetings and ceremonies

Where did the Spanish primarily settle and establish COLONIES?

• what is now GA to Maine

• what is now California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico

• along the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes; participated in the fur trade

Where did the French primarily settle and establish COLONIES?

• what is now GA to Maine

• what is now California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico

• along the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes; participated in the fur trade

Where did the British primarily settle and establish COLONIES?

• what is now GA to Maine

• what is now California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico

• along the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes; participated in the fur trade

What were the Mississippian shelters called?

• palisades

• moats

• guard towers

• wattle and daub

In which region of the US did DeSoto primarily explore?

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Northwest

• Southwest

What was the cause of most of the depopulation of the Native Americans in the 16th century?

• being enslaved

• war

• disease

• fire

Mercantilism can best be defined as...

• A policy that was supported by England's elite because it eased overpopulation.

• It was a trade policy based on the idea that a country should sell more to other countries than it buys from them.

• The geography of England made it difficult to produce agricultural goods.

• The English colonies were a source of food crops and raw materials for England, and the colonies were a market for English goods.

Name the reasons for British interest in the southeastern region of the New World (there is more than one answer).

• They wanted to bring Christianity to the Native Americans.

• They wanted to help the Native Americans learn to govern themselves.

• They wanted to make money through trade.

• They wanted to prevent Spain from further expanding its power.

• They wanted to move their government to the New World.

Choose the reason the first Spanish explorers settled on the barrier islands of GA.

• They were thought to contain gold, so the Spanish did not explore any further.

• The mainland was occupied by Native Americans and the Spanish didn't want conflict.

• The barrier islands were easier for Spain's ships to access.

• They thought the islands were the mainland.