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Prehistoric People and European Exploration of Georgia

Quiz by Geoffrey Dillard

Grade 8
Social Studies
Georgia Standards of Excellence

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  • Q1

    During which Native American time period did the Europeans first arrive in Georgia?

    Mississippian

    Woodland

    Archaic

    Paleo

    30s
  • Q2

    Why did the population of American Indians in Georgia decline after European exploration?

    Diseases killed Native Americans

    Warfare killed Native Americans

    Native Americans moved to Europe

    Slavery removed many Native Americans from Georgia

    30s
  • Q3

    What was the main food source that Mississippian Indians grew in their gardens?

    Beans

    Corn

    Indigo

    Potatoes

    30s
  • Q4

    Why did the Spanish want to explore the New World?

    Mercantilism/Colonization

    Enslave Native Americans

    Create a Prison Colony

    God, Gold, Glory

    30s
  • Q5

    Why did the British want to explore the New World?

    Enslave Native Americans

    Mercantilism/Colonization

    Spread Christianity with Missions

    Find Gold and Silver

    30s
  • Q6

    During the Mississippian period, how was Native American society organized?

    Plantations with an owner controlling one or more large farms

    Chiefdoms with a Chief controlling one or more villages

    Missions with a Friar controlling one or more churches

    Bands with the elder family member leading the nomadic search for food

    30s
  • Q7

    What best characterizes the Native people of the Mississippian period?

    Wooly Mammoth Hunters

    Hunter/Gatherers

    Farmers

    Nomads

    30s
  • Q8

    What happened to the Native American culture in Georgia following European exploration?

    The Native population was highly valued by the explorers for their culture.

    The Native population stayed the same.

    The Native population increased.

    The Native population declined.

    30s
  • Q9

    What famous Spanish explorer entered Georgia from Florida and traveled extensively in the state before moving on to the Mississippi River?

    Hernando de Soto

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Francisco Pizarro

    John Cabot

    30s
  • Q10

    Why did the Spanish establish missions in Georgia's barrier islands and into the Okefenokee Swamp area?

    To grow plantation crops for sell in Europe

    To learn about Native American culture

    To collect resources to send back to Spain

    To convert Native Americans to Catholicism

    30s
  • Q11

    What is mercantilism?

    British idea that they should export more and import less to improve their wealth

    British idea that colonies should provide a military outpost in the New World

    Spanish belief that Native Americans should be converted to Roman Catholicism

    Spanish idea that the more gold an explorer found the more glory he would have

    30s
  • Q12

    Why were the Native Americans eventually able to move from nomadic hunter-gatherers to live in settled villages?

    They developed a written language

    They developed the atalatl

    They learned how to build mounds for their chiefs

    They learned to grow crops (horticulture)

    30s
  • Q13

    Which of the following is a construction technique used by Mississippian Indians?

    Mercantilism

    Atlatl

    Concrete

    Wattle and Daub

    30s
  • Q14

    Which European nation was the first to come to live in the Americas during the Age of Exploration?

    French

    Portuguese

    Spanish

    British

    30s
  • Q15

    Which Native American led a revolt against the Spanish missions?

    Juanillo

    De Soto

    Mocama

    Etowah

    30s

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