European Explorers Quiz

Which group of American Indians inhabited Georgia for approximately 800 years, just before Europeans arrived in Georgia?

• Mississippian Indians

• Paleo Indians

• Archaic Indians

• Woodland Indians

The Mississippian civilization was organized into a hierarchical society centered around

• districts

• chiefdoms

• territories

People who belonged to the lower class of Mississippian society were known as

• commoners

• elites

• servants

Mississippians built large, flat-topped earthen ______________for important buildings and political and religious ceremonies.

(a)  

• mounds
• moats
• palisades
• knolls

Match the term on the left with the correct aspect of Mississippian life on the right drop down. 

• shelter

• moats

• defense

• wattle and daub

• culture

• mounds

The phrase “God, Gold, and Glory” is often used to describe _______________.​ (a)  

• motivations of European exploration & colonization
• impact that Native cultures had on Europeans
• the removal of American Indians from Georgia
• spread of Baptist & Methodist churches in GA

Where did Spain establish missions in Georgia?

• in the Appalachian Mountains

• in the Piedmont region

• along the barrier islands

• along the fall line

Choose 3 reasons  the Spanish had for exploring and settling in North America. 

• to obtain silver and gold

• to establish mercantilsm

• to conquer native peoples

• new opportunities for the working poor

• to convert non-Christians to Catholicism

Choose 3 reasons  the British had for exploring and settling in North America.

• to obtain silver and gold

• to establish mercantilism

• new opportunities for the working poor

• to escape religious persecution

• to convert non-Christians to Catholicism

An unintended (not on purpose)  consequence of the Spanish mission system in Georgia was the spread of

• culture

• disease

• religion

• weapons