Mississippians and European Exploration

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The growing and harvesting of food and it was important to Mississippian culture.

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Agriculture

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The place where American Indians had religious celebrations and buried their dead.

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Burial Mounds

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The most advanced prehistoric group of American Indians known for large scale farming and mound builders which traded throughout North America.

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Mississippian

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Indians were at a disadvantage from the Europeans because

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They had no armor, they had no advanced weapons, they had no immunity to diseases.

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The Spanish conquistador who led an expedition through the Southeastern United States looking for Gold and credited as being the first European in Georgia in 1540.

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Hernando de Soto

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The first European to step foot in what is now Georgia in 1540 and died on the Mississippi River.

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Hernando de Soto

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What killed so many America Indians when the Europeans arrived?

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Disease

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God, Gold, and Glory are the reasons this country explored the New World.

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Spain

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God, Glory, Opportunity, and Mercantilism are all reasons this country explored the New World. Which country is it?

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Great Britain

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Churches set up by the Spanish on Georgia's barrier islands are called

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