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Studying artifacts

Excavating middens

Using carbon-14 dating

1. LIST 3 WAYS WE STUDY ANCIENT CULTURES?

2. LIST THE 4 ANCIENT GROUPS WE STUDIED FROM EARLIEST TO LATEST INCLUDING THEIR YEARS.

Paleo : 11000 – 8000 B.C.

Archaic: 8000 – 1000 B.C.

Woodland: 1000 B.C. – 1000 A.D.

Mississippian: 700 A.D. – 16000 A.D.

Burial/Funerals

Special Offerings

Places of Worship

3. WHAT ARE SOME REASONS WE BELIEVE THE MISSISSIPPIAN PEOPLE BUILT MOUNDS?

4. WHY WAS HORTICULTURE SO IMPORTANT TO THE EARLY PEOPLES AND HOW DID IT ULTIMATELY CHANGE THEIR LIVES?

Horticulture: the science of growing plants (gardening, farming)

It allows early people to settle in one place since they have a steady food source.

Settling will then lead to larger groups, advanced housing, village protection, elaborate dress and ceremonies.

CORN

BEANS

SQUASH

5. WHAT ARE THE THREE SISTERS OF NATIVE AMERICA?

6. DID THE FRENCH HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE GEORGIA AREA?

NO

Most settled farther west

Only a few moved into the Georgia area when it became a colony

7. LIST AND EXPLAIN THE THREE MAIN REASONS FOR EUROPEAN EXPLORATION IN THE AMERICAS.

GOLD – gave them better trade options and power in Europe. Wealth!GOD – allows groups to increase the number of people following their religion, most religions instruct it’s followers to spread the religion

GLORY – fame in their homeland, money, prestige

8. Which of the three countries we studied was the first to see the interior of Georgia?

Who led that exploration?

What was he looking for?

Was it a success?

Why or why not?

a. Spain

b. Hernando de Soto

c. Gold

d. No

e. No colony, no treasure, most of his men died, he died

9. WHERE DID THE SPANISH SET UP MISSIONS? WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE?Florida and Georgia’s Barrier

Islands

To spread Catholicism

To connect the Spanish government to natives for trade

10. WHY IS FORT KING GEORGE IMPORTANT?It was the first English fort in

Georgia and it was built to protect English colonies from the French and Spanish

IDENTIFY WHICH GROUP OF PEOPLE THE FOLLOWING FACTS APPLY. WRITE THE LETTER BESIDE THE NUMBER.11. _________ The first to use horticulture

12. _________ Crossed the Beringia

13. _________ Developed the grooved axe

14. _________ Developed the bow and arrow

15. _________ Perfected the development of pottery

16. _________ Saw the extinction of large game and moved on to smaller game hunting

17. _________ Created a culture of chiefdoms

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IDENTIFY WHICH GROUP OF PEOPLE THE FOLLOWING FACTS APPLY. WRITE THE LETTER BESIDE THE NUMBER.18. _________ First to use bone hooks for fishing

19. _________ Died out with the arrival of European disease and violence

20. _________ Created succotash using the Three Sisters of Native America

21. _________ Developed a culture of elaborate dress and body tattoos

22. _________ Made homes out of wattle and daub

23. _________ Nomadic hunters who depended on large game

24. _________ Built burial mounds in Georgia

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DEATH – disease and fighting

Loss of freedom – used as slaves

Horse changed …

how they fought (battle)

carrying goods

travel

hunting

They nearly hunted out all the elk

Loss of millions of buffalo

Pigs destroyed crops

Rats destroyed crops

Learned how to raise animals

Opened trade options

New foods

25. CREATE AN OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSING THE CHANGES IN NATIVE CULTURE WHEN THE EUROPEAN’S ARRIVED.OUTLINE DETAILS FOR AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT CHANGES/EFFECTS.

There are MANY answers … don’t erase what you have just because it is not on this list! Ask me if what you have is correct before you change it.