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Describe the distinguishing features of the 5 major regions of Georgia - population, size, fertility, nicknames.

Definition

Appalachian Plateau — smallest; low population; poor, thin soils; nickname: Plateau....

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Describe the lives of the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period. Where did they live. What type of society did they have. What did they eat? What types of structures did they build?...

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Where: River valleys and floodplains across central/eastern Georgia (Ocmulgee, Savannah systems)....

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Which Europeans were the first to arrive in what is now Georgia? Who led this expedition? In what areas of eastern Georgia did they first establish a presence?...

Definition

First Europeans: Spanish (Hernando de Soto’s 1539–1543 expedition made first recorded inland contacts)....