Unit 2 SS8H1

Native American time period that was encountered by Europeans. Most advanced of the 4 native time periods.

• Mississippian

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodlands

1st European (Spanish) explorer to reach modern day Georgia. He and his men were searching for God, Gold, & Glory.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

A political system where many tribes pay tribute to a single chief.

• oligarchy

• democracy

• chiefdom

• dictatorship

Also known as agriculture. This was the most important discovery made by Native American cultures.

• horticulture

• capitalism

• mercantilism

• hydroponics

Common style of home built during the Mississippian period, made mostly of sticks and hardened mud.

• tipi

• wattle and daub

• log cabin

• cave

Church outposts designed to spread Christianity to Native Americans and strengthen Spanish control over New World lands.

• Spanish missions

• forts

• temples

• outpost

Location where Georgia's first settlement Savannah was located.

• Stone Mountain

• Yamacraw Bluff

• Atlanta

• Appalachian Plateau

first settlement in Georgia

• Atlanta

• St. Augustine

• Athens

• Savannah

The official document issued by King George II granting the trustees the rights to land between the Savannah River and the Altamaha Rivers.

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Charter of 1732