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Georgia Studies Vocabulary

This resource covers essential vocabulary for Weeks 10-14 of Georgia Studies, focusing on legal terminology and historical context. Key terms include "bail," "crime," "evidence," "conquistadors," "colonies," and "debt," providing definitions and contextual understanding. Additionally, it explores cultural and historical elements such as chiefdoms, artifacts, and explorers like Ponce de León and Jacques Cartier. This comprehensive guide serves as an effective tool for students to enhance their understanding of Georgia's legal and historical landscape.

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Georgia Studies Vocabulary

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  1. Georgia Studies Vocabulary Week 10

  2. 1) Bail • Security given for temporary release from prison

  3. 2) Crime • An act of breaking the law

  4. 3) Evidence • Proof concerning a case presented at a trial

  5. 4) affidavit • A sworn statement under oath

  6. 5) Plea • The defendant’s response to being accused of a crime

  7. 6) appeal • A request to review a case in a higher court

  8. 7) suspect • A person thought by police to be involved in a crime

  9. 8) fine • A sum of money a defendant is ordered to pay

  10. 9) sentence • The punishment for a person found guilty of a crime

  11. 10) testimony • A statement made by a witness under oath

  12. Vocabulary Week 11

  13. 1) Archeologists • dig into earth to find artifacts that tell us about early inhabitants

  14. 2) artifacts • Pottery pieces, weapons, tools, jewelry, or other items made by people

  15. 3) Shale • Layered rock that can encase ancient animals or birds

  16. 4) Ice Age • a period of time in which temperatures on earth were very cold, and North America was covered by glaciers.

  17. 5) Glaciers • large, slow moving sheets of ice

  18. 6) Paleo • from Greek, “Very Old” • Also called Old Stone Age • 10,000-8000 BCE

  19. 7) Megafauna • Large mammals like mammoths and mastodons

  20. 8) Archaic • Old

  21. 9) middens • Trash heap

  22. 10)Anthropologist • A person who uses artifacts, cave drawings, well-traveled pathways, and oral history to study the cultures of a group

  23. Vocabulary Week 12

  24. 1) conquistadors • Spanish soldier – explorers, especially those who conquered the native people of Mexico and Peru

  25. 2) colony • A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

  26. 3) missionaries • People who travel to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion

  27. 4) trappers • Adventurers who capture and kill animals, such as beavers, for their fur

  28. 5) Columbian Exchange • The transfer of people, plants, animals and diseases back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean triggered by the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

  29. 6) presidios • Spanish walled forts where small bands of soldiers lived in order to protect Spain’s claim to an area.

  30. 7) Ponce de Léon • Spanish explorer who had sailed with Columbus. Set off to find the fountain of youth. Landed on La Florida in April 1513. Returned 8 years later with 200 men to establish a Spanish colony.

  31. 8) Jacques Cartier • In 1534, explored the Atlantic coastline of North America. He was looking for a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Claimed what is today Canada for France.

  32. 9) confederacy • A group of people who band together for political or military strength

  33. 10) clan • A group of people with a common ancestor

  34. Vocabulary Week 13

  35. 1) Mocama chiefdom • Translates to “saltwater people” • Occupied the area south of the Altamaha River and into areas of what is now North Florida • Spoke Timucua

  36. 2) Guale chiefdom • Occupied the coast from the Ogechee river south to St. Simons Island • Spoke the Muskogee language

  37. 3) friars • A male member of the Roman Catholic Church who has dedicated his life to the service of the church, lives on donations

  38. 4) mass • In the Roman Catholic Church the celebration of Eucharist • Eucharist is communion

  39. 5) friary • A place where a friar or friars live.

  40. 6) Franciscan • An order of friars that was founded by St. Francis

  41. 7) repartimiento • in colonial Spanish America, a system by which the crown allowed certain colonists to recruit Indians for forced labour.

  42. 8) Yamasee Indians • The Yamasee were a multiethnic confederation of Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of present-day northern coastal Georgia near the Savannah River and later in northeastern Florida

  43. 9) pirate • a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea

  44. 10) kinship • the state or fact of being of kin; family relationship

  45. Vocabulary Week 14

  46. 1) debt • Something that is owed

  47. 2) debtor • a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another

  48. 3) charter • A legal document that grants special rights and privileges

  49. 4) trustees • People who hold responsibility on behalf of others

  50. 5) humanitarian • having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.

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