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American Indians
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mississippian Indians | The last major prehistoric Native American culture in Georgia during the time period of 800 AD-1600 AD. |
| Commoners | The work force in the Mississippian indian Chiefdom culture. |
| Elite | the power holders in the Mississippian Indian chiefdom culture. |
| Horticulture | garden cultivation (preparing soil for growing crops); important to the mississippian culture. |
| Maize | another word for corn |
| Wattle and daub | Walls builts with woven sticks and covered with mud or clay; important to the mississippian culture. |
| Creek | Mississippian Indian tribe that lived in south Georgia when the europeans arrived. |
| Cherokee | Mississippian indian tribe that lived in the northern part of Georgia when the europeans arrived. |
| Palisades | a wall of logs around american Indian towns; built as protection from enemies. |
| Three G's | God, Gold, and Glory; reasons spain was interested in north america. |
| mercantilism | an economic policy of Great Britain where more goods are exported than imported. |
| conquistador | Spanish explorers who attempted to force their dominance, culture, and religion on American Indians. |
| Hernando DeSoto | Spanish conquistador who lived from 1496- 1542 and led an expedition through the southeastern United states; credited being the first Eastern in Georgia. |
| smallpox | One of the diseases spread to Mississippian Indians by DeSoto’s men; measles and influenza were all spread. |
| missions | Churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting American Indians to Christianity, particularly Catholicism, and to establish colonies. |