Geography and Early Georgia

What was responsible for the death of so many Native Americans?

• Advanced Weaponry
• Tribal Warfare
• Hernan Cortes
• Disease

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure

• God, Glory, Gold

• God, Glory, Gallantry

• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

Who were the first 2 countries to take the lead in sea exploration?

• England and France
• Portugal and Spain
• Spain and France
• Portugal and Brazil

Explorers were spreading this religion in the New World ( Americas)

• Catholicism

• Lutheranism

• Islam

• Judaism

These were the first to explore into the Mississippi River region.

• The French

• The Spanish

• The Cajuns

• The British

Most of the inhabitants of Louisiana in the 1700s were from this ethnic group.

• The French

• The Native Americans

• The Germans

• The Anglos

The most advanced prehistoric group of American Indians known for large scale farming and mound builders which traded throughout North America.

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Mississippian

• Woodland

American Indian trade that lived in the SOUTHERN part of Georgia.

• Creeks

• Rivers

• Shawnee

• Cherokee

American Indian tribe that lived in the NORTHERN part of Georgia.

• Creeks

• Rivers

• Shawnees

• Cherokee

The Spanish conquistador who lead an expedition through the Southeastern United States looking for Gold and credited as being the first European in Georgia in 1540.

• James Oglethorpe

• Julius Ceasar

• Hernando de Soto

• American Indians