WorksheetsUnit 2 Grade Recovery and GA Mile-Stone Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
-Lived in Georgia when the Spanish Arrived
-Large Scale Farmers
-Built Burial Mounds
Which of the following is being described above?
Paleo
Archaic
Woodland
Mississippians
Which of the following methods did Early Mississippians practice that allowed them to grow their own food such as maize squash, beans, and pumpkin?
Horticulture
Harpooning
Gathering
Mound Development
Which of the following often were dedicated to religious and social activities and served as bases for Mississippian chieftains’ houses, and/or burial sites?
Rivers
Swamps
Mounds
Missions
Which of the following BEST explains Hernando De Soto’s primary motivation for exploring the area that became the colony of Georgia?
De Soto hoped to bring Christianity to the American Indians who lived in the area.
De Soto wanted to introduce and establish populations of animals from Europe into the area
De Soto hoped to discover large quantities of gold rumored to be in the area.
De Soto wanted to establish plantations in the area to grow cotton that could be exported back to Europe.
European nations had different reasons for exploring North America. Which reason was probably MOST important to the Spanish?
Establishing colonies
Supporting economic policy of mercantilism
Developing series of fur trading posts
Searching for gold
Converting the American Indians to Catholicism was one of the MAJOR goals of which country?
Spain
England
France
Great Britain
Who had the largest role in the impact of American Indians in Georgia during European exploration?
James Oglethorpe
Hernando De Soto
John Ross
Elijah Clarke
From the late 1500s to the 1680’s Spain built several religious centers on the mainland and barrier islands off of Georgia’s coast. What were these religious centers called?
Temples
Missions
Shrines
Tabernacles
The Mississippians were American Indians who lived in Georgia when the Europeans arrived in the mid 1500s. These Indians displayed several characteristics. Their shelters were mostly made from ___________________,
sticks, mud, and clay
adobe bricks
cedar planks
buffalo hides and wooden poles
Which European country wanted to create permanent colonies in America and wanted to support their country economically with the system of mercantilism(a system of controlled trade)?
Spain (Spanish)
France (French)
Great Britain (British)
