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SS unit 2 vocab
European Exploration and Settlement
Term | Definition |
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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 |