Unit 2 Study Guide

During the Mississippian period, many Native American groups set up large fields where they primarily grew ___________.

• Maize

• Rice

• Soy Beans

• Cotton

What contributed to the collapse of the Spanish mission system in Georgia in the mid-1600s?

• the high costs of the War of Spanish Succession

• declining American Indian populations due to disease

• successful French invasions of coastal settlements in Georgia

• the refusal of other people to accept Christianity as their religion

How did the Spanish missions in Georgia respond to the ravages of disease and continual attacks by the English?

• They retreated to Georgia's barrier islands.

• They paid American Indians to protect them.

• They recalled all of the missionaries to Spain.

• They moved all of their people to South Carolina.

Why did the Spanish establish missions on Georgia's barrier islands?

• to acquire raw materials for Spain

• to convert American Indians to Christianity

• to establish control of the fur trade

• to protect Spanish settlements from attack

How did Hernando de Soto’s march through Georgia change the lives and culture of Native Americans?

• The expedition resulted in the death of thousands of Indians from violence and disease.

• The expedition was responsible for converting all Native Americans to Protestant Christianity.

• The expedition set up new trading opportunities for Native Americans.

• The expedition introduced Native Americans to new types of food.

What BEST explains why the Spanish struggled to maintain lasting colonies in the Southeast?

• The Spanish struggled to adapt to the unfamiliar diseases in the Southeast.

• The Spanish left most places they discovered once they were sure those areas had no gold.

• As the first Europeans to arrive, they were unable to plan their colonies as well as later Europeans.

• Economic competition with the British and the French drove the Spanish out of most of North America.

Which of the following BEST explains Hernando De Soto’s primary motivation for exploring the area that became the colony of Georgia?

• De Soto hoped to bring Christianity to the American Indians who lived in the area.

• De Soto wanted to introduce and establish populations of animals from Europe into the area.

• De Soto hoped to discover large quantities of gold rumored to be in the area.

• De Soto wanted to establish plantations in the area to grow cotton that could be exported back to Europe.

Due to Spanish contact, many Mississippians were exposed to disease and died. This prehistoric American Indian culture eventually reorganized into

tribes that dominated the Georgia region. Which contemporary American Indian tribes originated from the Mississippians? Choose the CORRECT two (2)

tribes.

• Creek & Cherokee

• Archaic & Paleo

• Choctaw & Woodland

Georgia produced indigo, rice, cotton, pine, and animal skins. These were valuable commodities which were not readily available in England. England took these raw materials from Georgia and shipped them to England to make finished products. These finished products would then be shipped back to Georgia for purchase by colonists.

Which economic policy is best illustrated in the statement above?

• free trade

• trade embargos

• trade block

• mercantilism

The arrows on the image above point towards landmasses that were inhabited by American Indians and where many Spanish missions were built. What

are these landmasses BEST known as?

• barrier islands

• intercostal waterways

• islets

• Isthmus