Unit 2 Study Guide Review

Native Americans who lived in Georgia were called:

• Iroquois

• Mississippians

• Sioux

• Navajo

How did the Native American tribe in Georgia organize their society?

• Large chiefdoms that traded with neighboring tribes

• living in large cities with kings

• following a strict caste system

• being ruled by a single emperor

Earthen Mounds are:

• man-made raised areas of earth, often used for religious purposes or the chief lived on

• natural hills formed by wind and water erosion

• large piles of rocks created by volcanic activity

• underground caves formed by water erosion

What is Horticulture:

• plants and their cultivation

• animal behavior

• weather patterns

• rock formations

What kinds of homes did Mississippians live in?

• Wattle and Daub structures

• Stone castles

• Igloos made of ice

• Modern brick apartments

Mississippians did not gather food, instead they…

• farmed crops

• hunted only

• traded for food

• relied on fishing

What is mercantilism?

• the purpose of colonies was to economically ($$$) benefit the mother country

• a political system based on democracy and free elections

• a religious movement focused on spiritual enlightenment

• a scientific theory about the origin of the universe

Why would Spanish Friars go to missions on the Barrier Islands of Georgia?

• Convert Native Americans to Christianity

• Trade goods with European settlers

• Search for gold and silver

• Establish military forts

Where were the Spanish missions built in Georgia?

• Barrier Islands

• Okefenokee Swamp

• The Piedmont region

• Along the Chattahoochee River

The Spanish conquistador who explored southeast North America and introduced disease to the Native Americans was:

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa