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Unit 2 (SS8H1bc).
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When the first Europeans arrived in modern-day Georgia, they were met by:
a) the Mississippian Indians
b) the Archaic Indians
c) the Woodland Indians
d) the Paleo Indians
Which European nations were the first ones to explore the Americas?
a) Spain and Portugal
b) Italy and Greece
c) England and France
d) Belgium and the Netherlands
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
a) Jamestown
b) Santo Domingo
c) St. Augustine
d) Plymouth
Who were the first Europeans to explore modern-day Georgia?
a) the Spanish
b) the French
c) the English
d) the Dutch
Which section of the U.S. was explored by Hernando de Soto?
a) the Southeast
b) the Northeast
c) the Northwest
d) the Southwest
What was Hernando de Soto's primary goal in North America?
a) He wanted to find gold.
b) He wanted to spread disease to the American Indians.
c) He wanted to introduce Christianity to the American Indians.
d) He wanted to defeat Portuguese forces.
Where were Spanish missions primarily built?
a) Georgia's barrier islands
b) in the Appalachian Plateau
c) along the Chattahoochee River
d) near the Gulf of Mexico
Which explorer killed thousands of Mississippian Indians from both warfare and disease?
a) Hernando de Soto
b) Hernan Cortes
c) Francisco Pizarro
d) Henry Hudson
What eventually killed most of the Mississippian Indians?
a) disease
b) warfare
c) intense flooding
d) years of drought
After the failure of the Spanish missions, the Spanish retreated to:
a) la Florida
b) Virginia
c) South America
d) Cuba
The mission of Hernando de Soto was considered a failure because:
a) he did not find large amounts of gold
b) he was defeated by the Mississippian Indians
c) he was unable to convert the Indians to Christianity
d) he took all of the gold to South America
Since Hernando de Soto had guns, armor, and horses:
a) he had more advantages than the Indians
b) he had more disadvantages than the Indians
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God, gold, and glory were central ideas for:
a) Spanish explorers in the New World
b) English explorers in the New World
c) the Mississippian Indians
d) the Paleo Indians
The Europeans accidentally discovered the New World because:
a) they wanted quicker access to eastern Asia
b) they were fighting against Chinese soldiers
c) they were sending prisoners to places outside of Europe
d) they wanted to control trade in central Africa
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