European Exploration

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  1. 3. The third reason for exploration; to gain fame and power
  2. 5. Time period when European nations explored the Americas
  3. 6. The Spanish hoped to convert Native Americans to this religion
  4. 8. Religious centers built by the Spanish to spread Christianity
  5. 9. The group of Native Americans Hernando de Soto encountered
  6. 14. The group of people who lived in Georgia before Europeans arrived
  7. 15. A deadly effect of European contact that killed many Native Americans
  8. 16. The European country that built colonies along the Atlantic coast
  9. 17. Another reason for exploration; to spread Christianity
  10. 18. The type of houses the Mississippian people built using sticks and mud
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  1. 1. The economic goal of exploration; to increase a nation’s riches
  2. 2. One of the main reasons for exploration; the search for riches
  3. 4. Mississippian mounds were used for this purpose
  4. 7. Country that built missions along Georgia’s barrier islands
  5. 9. System where colonies helped their mother country become rich
  6. 10. The European country that explored parts of modern-day Canada
  7. 11. Spanish explorer who led an expedition through Georgia searching for gold
  8. 12. Spanish missions in Georgia were built along these islands
  9. 13. The Mississippian people lived in villages surrounded by these
  10. 16. A person who travels to new lands to learn about them