Unit 2 Review Early Georgia and European Exploration

Four prehistoric Native American cultures lived in Georgia prior to the arrival of Europeans. They were:

• Paleo, Archaic, Woodland and Missourian

• Paleo, Antique, Woodland and Mississippian

• Paleo, Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian

• Panthers, Antelopes, Wolverines and Mastodons

Because the native peoples who lived here in the distant past did not have a method of writing, what is known about them comes from artifacts.

Artifacts can be:

• Evidence of structures

• Tools

• Pieces of pottery

• Dinosaur bones

Paleo tools were ____ knives, _____ scrapers and _____ points for spears made of wood.

• stone

• rock

• mineral

• metal

One group of pre-historic people living in Georgia left very few artifacts. They were the ________ people and they were _________.

• Sumerian; sloppy

• Paleo; nomads

An area of land that is ruled by another country such as Jamestown is called a _____.

• indentured servant
• country

• colony
• plot

Which number on this map marks the area of colonial North America controlled by Great Britain around the year 1700?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Why did European explorers travel to the Americas?

• gaining riches for their country

• personal glory and fame

• spreading religious beliefs

• trying out new ship designs in real time

Which of the following led to the greatest loss of Native American lives during DeSoto's expedition?

• fighting

• enslavement

• migration

• contagious disease

Which of the following would be a use for mounds?

• burial site

• place to hold meetings underground

• religious observance

• farmers market

Who was the first European explorer in what is now Georgia?

• Magellan

• James Oglethorpe

• Hernando de Soto

• Ponce de Leon