UGA History Exemption Test 2022/2023
Georgia Already Passed
Human history in Georgia dates back to the _______ era which took place ____ years ago.
Paleoindian, 13,000
The _____ Period took place from AD 800-1600. Complex native cultures organized as ____
emerged.
Mississippian, chiefdoms
With the arrival of European explorers and settlers, ______ cultures began to ______.
Mississippian, decline
The _____ and _____ Indian tribes played significant roles in the colonial history of Georgia.
Creek, cherokee
The earliest Europeans in Georgia were the ______.
Spanish
Established in _____, with settlement in Savannah in _____, Georgia was the ______ of the
thirteen colonies to be founded.
1732, 1733, last
Georgia was the only colony founded and ruled by a _____ _____ ____ , which was based in
London, England, with no _______ within the colony itself for the first two decades of its
existence
, Board of trustees, governor
Georgia was the only one of the colonies in which ____ was banned at its beginning, along with
_____, _____, and _____.
Slavery, rum, lawyers, catholics
Slavery was legalized in Georgia in ____.
1751
The colony was governed by ____ _____ instead of the Board of Trustees from ______-______,
ending with the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
royal governors, 1752-1776
_______ _____ founded Georgia, and envisioned the colony as a refuge for the _______ who
crowded London prisons; however, no such prisoners were among the initial settlers.
James Oglethorpe, debtors
The British military wanted Georgia to be a buffer zone to protect ____ ___ and its other
southern colonies from the _____ in Florida.
South Carolina, Spanish
The Battle of Bloody Marsh on ____ ____ ____ was a conflict between the British troops (that
were commanded and financed by Oglethorpe) and the Spanish, which ended in a _____ victory.
St. Simons Island, British
Georgia Already Passed
Human history in Georgia dates back to the _______ era which took place ____ years ago.
Paleoindian, 13,000
The _____ Period took place from AD 800-1600. Complex native cultures organized as ____
emerged.
Mississippian, chiefdoms
With the arrival of European explorers and settlers, ______ cultures began to ______.
Mississippian, decline
The _____ and _____ Indian tribes played significant roles in the colonial history of Georgia.
Creek, cherokee
The earliest Europeans in Georgia were the ______.
Spanish
Established in _____, with settlement in Savannah in _____, Georgia was the ______ of the
thirteen colonies to be founded.
1732, 1733, last
Georgia was the only colony founded and ruled by a _____ _____ ____ , which was based in
London, England, with no _______ within the colony itself for the first two decades of its
existence
, Board of trustees, governor
Georgia was the only one of the colonies in which ____ was banned at its beginning, along with
_____, _____, and _____.
Slavery, rum, lawyers, catholics
Slavery was legalized in Georgia in ____.
1751
The colony was governed by ____ _____ instead of the Board of Trustees from ______-______,
ending with the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
royal governors, 1752-1776
_______ _____ founded Georgia, and envisioned the colony as a refuge for the _______ who
crowded London prisons; however, no such prisoners were among the initial settlers.
James Oglethorpe, debtors
The British military wanted Georgia to be a buffer zone to protect ____ ___ and its other
southern colonies from the _____ in Florida.
South Carolina, Spanish
The Battle of Bloody Marsh on ____ ____ ____ was a conflict between the British troops (that
were commanded and financed by Oglethorpe) and the Spanish, which ended in a _____ victory.
St. Simons Island, British
