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SS unit 2 vocab
European Exploration and Settlement
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gold, God, and Glory | The Spanish main interest in the New World |
| Spain | First to set foot in modern day Georgia |
| Spanish Missions | Purpose was to convert Native Americans to Christianity through Catholic Church (Located on the Barrier Islands) |
| Diseases | The number one killer of the Native Americans once the Spanish arrived |
| Small Pox, Measles, and Influenza | The diseases brought to the New World by the Europeans |
| Hernando de Soto | 1st Spanish explorer to encounter Native Americans in present day Georgia. He was very cruel to them |
| Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought. |
| Conquistador | A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain |
| Artifacts | an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest. |
| Palisades | walls of logs |
| Mississippian Indians | Natives that inhabited Georgia from 800CE to 1600CE |
| Cherokee | One of the major tribes that inhabited North Georgia when the Europeans arrived in the mid 1500's. |
| Creek | One of the major tribes that inhabited South Georgia when the Europeans arrived in the mid 1500's. |
| British Interests | Power and Glory Mercantilism Opportunity Religious Freedom |
| Catholicism | The religion practiced by the Spanish |
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