American Indians, Exploration and Settlement Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting Native Americans to Christianity
  2. 5. the largest swamp in North America; was the home to many Native Americans and a location for Spanish missions
  3. 7. (1496-1542) - Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition through the Southeastern United States; credited as being the first European in Georgia
  4. 10. garden cultivation; important to Mississippian culture
  5. 12. several island off Georgia’s coast; inhabited by Native Americans; the Spanish built several missions on these islands
Down
  1. 1. (800 C.E.-1600 C.E.) the last major prehistoric Native American culture in Georgia; known for being large scale framers and mound builders who traded throughout North America
  2. 3. sedimentary rock used by the American Indians to make knives
  3. 4. the English economic policy focused on exporting more than importing
  4. 6. walls built of a network of interwoven sticks and covered with mud or clay; used by early American Indian cultures and European settlers
  5. 8. the power holders in the Mississippian culture
  6. 9. the workforce in the Mississippian culture
  7. 11. another term for corn