Georgia Native Indians and Exploration

Why did the Mississippian culture decline after contact with Europeans?

• The Mississippians joined European society.

• European diseases killed many Mississippians.

• The Mississippians isolated themselves from others.

What were THREE reasons that the English government desired to colonize North America?

• to convert American Indians to Catholicism

• to buy furs from French trappers in North America

• to gain control of natural resources in the New World

• to provide a market for English manufactured goods

• to challenge Spanish control of land in the Americas

Which Native American tribe is being described?

*Lived in Ga when explores arrived

*Lived in Chiefdoms

*Were horticulturalist

*Reorganized ino Creek and Cherokee Indian tribes

• Mississippians

• Tomachichi

• American citizens

• Spanish explorers

What were the 3 reasons that Spain explored North America?

• God, Gold, Glory

• Fur, friends, Fellowship

• Gold, fur, Friends

• Friends, Glory, God

This was the first explorer in Ga, was looking for gold, and brought diseases that killed the Mississippians.

• James Oglethorpe

• Tomachichi

• Hernando Desoto

• Mary Musgrove

Which purpose was to convert native Americans to Christianity and also teach them the Spanish language and culture?

• Spanish Mission

• Creek Indians

• Spanish Exploration

• Founding of Georgia

Where were the Spanish missions built?

• Appalachian mountains

• Barrier Islands

• Piedmont region

• Blue ridge region

What was the cause of the Mississippians population to decline?

• Natural disasters
• Invasion by other tribes
• Disease

• Economic collapse

Which European country's goal was to have permanent colonies in North America?

• France
• Spain
• Germany
• England

Hernando de Soto and his soldiers often treated Native Americans harshly during the Spanish quest for

• food and drink.
• fame and power.
• gold and silver.
• rivers and trials.