hyeyeyeye Flashcards

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The Mississippian culture was present when ______________ explorers arrived in the New World

A

European

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what type of government did the Mississippian culture create?

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Chiefdoms

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What type of weapons did the mississippians use for weapons?

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Bow and Arrow

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4
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What crops did the Mississippians have?

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The 3 sisters(Corn, Squash, and beans)

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5
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Where did the Mississippians bury their dead?

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Large Mounds of dirt

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6
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Did the mississippians have religious beliefs? Hod do we know?

-short answer

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Yes! We know they had a belief system because of the time and care that they took when burying their dead in mounds. Also, they create large ceremonial mounds.

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What were the Mississippian houses made of?

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Wattle and Daub(wood and clay)

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What did the Mississippians build around their citys?

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Palisades (walls)

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Why did the Mississippians build their villages/citys next to rivers?

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Water, Food, Transportation? and Resources

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How were the mississippians more advanced than the people who came before them?

-probably short answer

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they not only created new ideas of their own, but also innovated on all of the knowledge and technology that came before them.

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why were the European countries interested in exploring the New World?

-prob short answer??

A

Resources, Riches, Competition

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what specific reason did Spain have for exploring the New World?

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God, Gold, Glory

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what other European countries decided to explore the New World? why did they copy Spain?

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England and France

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14
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what were the effects of the European exploration on the Native Americans?

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widespread death from disease

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Who is the first person to explore Georgia? what country was he representing? What was he looking for?

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Hernando De Soto- he was Spanish and he wanted gold and glory.

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what was the Spanish mission and what was their purpose?

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A small settlement/church where missionaries educated Native Americans and tried to convert them to Christianity

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17
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The first settlements in Georgia were ___________.

A

Mission

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18
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What were the names of the first settlements in Georgia?

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Guale, Mocama.

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What was the biggest impact of Hernando de Sotos expedition? What happebed to the Native population?

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The native population began to rapidly die because they did not have immunity to European diseases.

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What advantages did Europeans have over Native Americans? Did the Natives have any advantages?

A

Guns, training, dogs, horses, armor. The natives did know the land better.

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Large Mounds like we find at Etowah and Ocmulgee prove that the Mississippians had a belief system and a ___________

22
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Wall or Enclosures that were often built around Mississippian era villages or cities.

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What are the lasting effect of De Sotos journey?

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A majority of natives die from disease

24
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“V” like stone structures used to catch numerous fish at once using baskets or nets:

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Fish traps

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Pale, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian: (time periods)
PAWN
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a small settlement or church where missionaries tried to teach and convert native to christianity:
Mission
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(800 C.E.-1600 C.E.) - the last major prehistoric Native American culture in Georgia; known for building cities, being large scale framers and mound builders. They traded throughout North America.
Mississippians
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Built from dirt or rocks and often used for burials or ceremonies by the Mississippian people.
mounds
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Hernando De Soto went on an expedition throughout the SE United States in search of_________.
GOLD
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People who both hunted animals and gathered wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.
Hunter Gatherers
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Objects made or shaped by humans, such as arrowheads, tools, pottery, and jewlry.
artifact
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God, Gold, Glory(reasons for spanish exploration)
3 G’s
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Corn, Squash, Beans
The 3 sisters
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Growing gardens. This became an essential part of how the Mississippian culture acquired food.
agriculture
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A form of government or social/political organization created during the Mississippian Period. A priest chief ruled and presided over religious ceremonies and political affairs.
chiefdom
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The two Spanish missions that were built along GA's coast.
Guale and Mocama
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Spread rapidly amongst the Native Americans after interaction with Europeans.
Diseases
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Advantages that the Spanish had over the Native Americans in the Southeast.
Guns, Armor, Horses, War dogs
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Large mounds like we find at Etowah and Ocmulgee prove that the Mississippians had a belief system and a ___________.
religion
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A spear launching device which allows a spear to be thrown farther and harder than with the arm alone. May have been created by the Paleo Indians.
atlatl
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Constantly moving from place to place, without a permanent settlement.
nomadic
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Something the Natives had very little of in regards to European diseases.
immunity
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Spanish conquistador that was the first European to explore the land we now call Georgia.
Hernando DeSoto
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Way of life
culture
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The three European countries competing for land in the southeastern part of North America.
Spain, England, France
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The European explorers who were first encountered by the people of the Mississippian cultures.
Spanish
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“before history”
prehistoric