GCSU GA HISTORY EXAMPREP STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS GRADED A+

GCSU GA HISTORY EXAMPREP STUDY
GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS GRADED A+

●● Paleoindian Period.
Answer: Earliest humans in Georgia; hunters using stone tools


●● Archaic Period.
Answer: Development of early settlements and more diverse food
sources


●● Woodland Period.
Answer: Farming begins; pottery and permanent villages develop


●● Mississippian Period.
Answer: Advanced Native American societies with large mounds and
organized governments


●● Cherokee.
Answer: Native American group located in North Georgia


●● Creek Confederation.

, Answer: Major Native American group occupying most of Georgia


●● Hernando de Soto.
Answer: Spanish explorer who traveled through Georgia searching for
gold


●● Reason for Founding Georgia.
Answer: Charity for poor, buffer against Spanish Florida, economic
opportunity


●● James Oglethorpe.
Answer: Founder of Georgia and leader of the Trustee colony


●● Tomochichi.
Answer: Yamacraw chief who helped Oglethorpe establish Georgia


●● Mary Musgrove.
Answer: Interpreter and mediator between English settlers and Native
Americans


●● Trustee Period.
Answer: 1733-1752; Georgia governed by trustees with strict rules