Jordan GMAS Review-GA Studies

Spanish explorers came to the New World for all of the following reasons except (SS8H1b).

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• Escape religious persecution

Hernando de Soto and his soldiers often treated Native Americans harshly during the Spanish quest for: (SS8H1c).

• food and drink.

• fame and power.

• gold and silver.

• rivers and trials.

Were the Indians that Hernando de Soto's expedition encountered in 1540s (SS8H1c).

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

God, Gold and Glory = (SS8H1b).

• Reasons for French exploration

• Reasons for Mexican exploration

• Reasons for Spanish exploration

• Reasons for German Exploration

1. Many Native Americans converted to a new religion

2. Many Native Americans became ill from newly introduced diseases.

Which answer was the MAIN cause of the conditions listed above? (SS8H1c).

• American Revolution

• European exploration and colonization

• European involvement in the slave trade

Which definition best explains the British policy known as mercantilism? (SS8H1b).

• trade policy where a nation imports less than it exports

• military policy for defending colonial outposts

• trade policy for opening trade routes in the Far East

• military policy for establishing buffer colonies to protect settlements

What long-term change for American Indian groups in Georgia was caused by the event shown on the map? (SS8H1c).

• increase in territory

• decline in population

• beginning of peaceful times

• preservation of traditional lifestyles

Which country was not a major colonizer of the New World? (SS8H1b).

• England

• France

• Italy

• Spain

What was one reason the Spanish started settlements in North America? (SS8H1b).

• convert Native Americans to Christianity

• protect trade routes between Mexico and China

• discourage settlement by English and French Protestants

• capture Native Americans to use as slaves in South America

Why did Hernando de Soto explore much of Georgia in 1540? (SS8H1c).

• He wanted to build forts and missions in the state

• He was attracted by rumors of large gold deposits

• He was searching for the magical Fountain of Youth

• He believed that he would find a passage to Asia through Georgia