H1 Review

Why did Hernando DeSoto and the Spanish go to the Americas?

• Religious persecution

• To establish colonies for Spain

• He wanted the wealth

• Develop trade relationships with the Natives

Why did animosity develop between the natives and Spanish missionsaries?

• Natives demanded payment in return for agricultural advice

• Missionaries tried to force their religion on the natives

• American Indians often raided the missions in order to scare missionaries

• Missionaries came to religious sites without permission

What British economic policy during the colonial period?

• socialist

• mercantilism

• laissez-faire

• contractionary

Why did the Spanish establish missions?

• to acquire raw material for Spain

• to convert American Indians to Christianity

• to establish control of the fur trade

• to protect spanish settlements from attack

Which American Indian culture was the first to encounter Europeans in Georgia?

• Archaic

• Mississippian

• Paleo

• Woodland

How did British interest in the new world differ from Spanish interest?

• The Spanish emphasized wealth but the British focused on colonies

• The Spanish wanted a Christian country, but british wanted slavery

• British wanted to kill other races, the spanish wanted to create a society

• Spanish wanted to found a central government british wanted small villages

What purpose did mounds serve in Mississippian society?

• gathering sites for religious activity and social activities

• as dumping grounds for the settlements garbage

• foundations for the homes of the strong leaders

• defensive barriers to protect the settlement

Why did the Mississippian culture decline after contact with the Europeans?

• they joined European

• European diseases killed them

• Mississippians isolated themselves

• Europeans forced the Mississippians to move west

Three reasons for Spanish colonization

Which European country had mercantilism as an economic system?

• British

• France

• Spain

• Portugal