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SS8H1 Formative Assessment Note Check

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement correctly describes the Mississippian Indian's shelter?

a)

Temporary huts that were easy to move

b)

Large permanent settlements set up around farms

c)

Usually caves located along a trade route

d)

No shelters were used as they were nomads

2.

What were the mounds of the Mississippian period probably used for?

a)

Religious or ceremonial purposes

b)

Burial site for soldiers

c)

Housing for Queens of the tribe

d)

Storehouse for food

3.

What was the main weapon used by the Mississippian Indians?

a)

Slingshot

b)

Long-barreled shotgun

c)

Bow and Arrow

d)

Cannon

4.

Which is the best description of Mississippian Indian family life?

a)

Usually small immediate family of parents and their children

b)

Small band of nomads with no clear leader

c)

Loose band of unorganized tribes

d)

Large Chiefdoms engaged in trade with people near them

5.

How could you describe the Spanish explorers interaction with the Indians they encountered?

a)

Stayed away from each other out of respect

b)

Gladly worked together to help both groups gain power

c)

Many Indians were either enslaved or killed

d)

They were so spread out, they rarely met

6.

Which statement would best describe Spain's interest in the New World?

a)

Look for Gold thought to be abundant in the New World

b)

Spread the Catholic faith and gain influence

c)

Expand their empire to include more land and subjects

d)

All of the above

7.

What was the purpose of the Spanish Missions?

a)

Train military officers to fend off Indian attacks

b)

Collect taxes from the local citizens

c)

Convert the local natives to the Catholic faith

d)

All of the above

8.

Why do we call the time before European contact the "Prehistoric " period?

a)

No written records were kept by Indians

b)

Indians were basically nomads with no real society set up

c)

Indian records were kept by Chiefs on tablets made of clay

d)

There was no language yet developed by the Indians

9.

Which Spanish explorer was the first to make contact with Georgia Indians?

a)

Francisco Pizzaro

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Hernando Cortes

d)

Hernando de Soto

10.

What was the most devastating effect of European contact with Natives in the New World?

a)

Poison food

b)

Religious intolerance

c)

Ceremonial sacrifices

d)

Diseases like small pox

11.

What was the main goal of Hernando de Soto"s exploration?

a)

Find gold

b)

Set up missions to train Indians to fight

c)

Begin his own colony with him as leader

d)

Look for natural resources to send back to England

12.

What role did disease play in European exploration of the New World?

a)

Indians used poison darts to spread plague to the Spanish

b)

Europeans brought new medicines to improve Indian life

c)

Large number of Indians died due to no resistance to disease

d)

Indian doctors cured flu in Spanish soldiers

13.

Where did the Spanish set up their missions in Georgia?

a)

In the North Georgia Mountains

b)

On the Chattahoochee River near the Alabama border

c)

On the Barrier Islands along the Atlantic coast

d)

In the middle of the Okefenokee Swamp

14.

Which European country set up 13 colonies along the east coast hoping to find raw materials

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

15.

Which group of Indians were around when Europeans began exploring the state we now call Georgia?

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Woodland

d)

Mississippian

16.

Which tools and weapons did Mississippian Indians use?

a)

Stone

b)

Wood

c)

Bone

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

17.

What were the 3 reasons that Spain explored North America?

a)

God, Gold, Glory

b)

Fur, friends, Fellowship

c)

Gold, fur, Friends

d)

Friends, Glory, God

18.

Where were the Spanish missions built?

a)

Appalachian mountains

b)

Barrier Islands

c)

Piedmont region

d)

Blue ridge region

19.

What was the reason Great Britain wanted to explore North America?

a)

Colonies, religious freedomm and gold.

b)

Have permanent colonies and mercantilism , religious freedom.

c)

God, silver and gold.

d)

God, glory and gold.

20.

What was the cause of the Mississippians population to decline?

a)
Natural disasters
b)
Invasion by other tribes
c)

Disease

d)
Economic collapse