Unit 2 Vocab

What term describes the beliefs, traditions, and way of life of a group of people?

• Agriculture

• Culture

• Chiefdom

• Horticulture

Which culture developed into the Creek and Cherokee nations in present-day Georgia?

• Horticulture

• Agriculture

• Mississippian Culture

• Chiefdom

What term describes the practice of growing food in a large-scale, organized manner to support larger population growth?

• Horticulture

• Agriculture

• Culture

• Chiefdom

What term describes the people who were in the workforce during the Mississippian time period?

• Commoner
• elite

• Chiefdom

• Mound

Who were the people who held the power to make rules and laws in Mississippian culture?

• Commoners

• Warriors

• Elite

• Farmers

What were large communities organized by Mississippian people near rivers that featured a central plaza with burial mounds, residential zones with wattle and daub houses, and defense structures with palisades, towers, and moats called?

• Mississippian Villages

• Mississippian Towns

• Mississippian Cities

• Mississippian Settlements

What time period during the 15th and 16th centuries involved Europeans searching for new sources of wealth and easier trade routes to China and India, resulting in the rediscovery of North and South America?

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Age of Exploration

• The Enlightenment

Who were the explorers and settlers from Spain motivated to convert Native Americans to Christianity, find gold for their nation, and gain glory for themselves?

• The French

• The British

• The Dutch

• The Spanish

What were the churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting Native Americans to Christianity called?

• Cathedrals

• Missions

• Monasteries

• Chapels

Where in Georgia were the Spanish missions mainly built?

• In the mountains

• On the barrier islands and inland to the Okefenokee Swamp

• In the forests

• Along the rivers