UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM LATEST
2023 ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS AGRADE
Pre-Columbian People of the American Southwest -
ANSWER >>>>Agriculturally focused groups that developed
powerful and complex societies. Became increasingly
dependent on the cultivation of maize
Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the Western
Great Plains - ANSWER >>>>Migratory because of limited
resources
Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the
Atlantic Seaboard - ANSWER >>>>Another Group of tribes in
present-day NY that formed the Iroquois League. Cultivated
crops and participated in foraging and hunting, often creating
lasting settlements
Hernan Cortes - ANSWER >>>>Spanish explorer who
marched across mexico and conquered the Aztecs
Hernando de Soto - ANSWER >>>>Explored deep in USA.
Was the first to cross and discover Mississippi River and
claimed for Spain
Gold and Land - ANSWER >>>>Georgia first colonized by
Spanish because they were looking for:
The Columbian Exchange - ANSWER >>>>The exchange of
plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the
,Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's
voyages.
The Treaty of Tordesillas - ANSWER >>>>A 1494 agreement
between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered
lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean
would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east
of the line would belong to Portugal.
St. Augustine, Florida - ANSWER >>>>1598
*The settlement at St. Augustine, Florida, is considered to be
the first permanent European settlement in what would
become the United States
joint-stock company - ANSWER >>>>A business, often
backed by a government charter, that sold shares to
individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to
spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
James Edward Oglethorpe - ANSWER >>>>British general,
Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the
colony of Georgia. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle
Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prisons, in the New
World. (22 December 1696 - 30 June 1785)
James Wright - ANSWER >>>>Georgia's third, and final,
royal governor
Jamestown - ANSWER >>>>First permanent English
settlement in North America. (1607)
First slave ship of Africans came here
They starved from 1609 - 1610 and 80% died
,God, Gold, Glory - ANSWER >>>>Why did colonists come to
the New World?
Original Trustees of Ga - ANSWER >>>>50 acres , free
passage, and provisions for 1 yr were given to who?
William Penn - ANSWER >>>>A Quaker that founded
Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and
others could live in peace and be free from persecution. (1644
- 1714)
Quakers - ANSWER >>>>Believed human religious
institutions were largey unnecessary. Thought they could
receive revelations directly from God and placed little
importance on the Bible. Pacifists and declined to show
customary deference to their alleged social superiors. Their
aggressiveness in denouncing established institutions brought
them trouble in both Britain and America. Opposed slavery
and favored decent treatment of Native Americans. Elements
of the culture would play a role in shaping the characterization
of a United States that valued independence and social
equality
French - ANSWER >>>>What country claimed Quebec?
French and Dutch - ANSWER >>>>Two colonies usually
relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive
settlement and force in contrast to the spanish and british
Charter Colony - ANSWER >>>>colony established by a
group of settlers who had been given a formal document
allowing them to settle
, Royal Colony - ANSWER >>>>A colony controlled directly by
the English king. Governor selected by king
Proprietary Colony - ANSWER >>>>colony run by individuals
or groups to whom land was granted
New England Colonies - ANSWER >>>>Founded primarily by
Puritans, that wanted a group of like-minded individuals;
close-knit, longer life expectancies; mixed economy of farming
and trade
Headright System - ANSWER >>>>A landowner would pay
for an individual's passage from England to America. The
landowner would receive 50 acres of land and that same
individual to work the land.
The French - ANSWER >>>>Who settled land west of the
Mississippi River
The Dutch - ANSWER >>>>Who settled land in New York
(Remember New Amsterdam)
Tobacco - ANSWER >>>>Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay
(Virginia and Maryland)
wine/silk and rice/indigo - ANSWER >>>>Early settlers
wanted main crop to be ______ , but it ended up being
_______
King Phillip's War - ANSWER >>>>Most Indians lost in an
armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New
England versus the New England colonists and their Indian
allies in 1675-1678
2023 ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS AGRADE
Pre-Columbian People of the American Southwest -
ANSWER >>>>Agriculturally focused groups that developed
powerful and complex societies. Became increasingly
dependent on the cultivation of maize
Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the Western
Great Plains - ANSWER >>>>Migratory because of limited
resources
Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the
Atlantic Seaboard - ANSWER >>>>Another Group of tribes in
present-day NY that formed the Iroquois League. Cultivated
crops and participated in foraging and hunting, often creating
lasting settlements
Hernan Cortes - ANSWER >>>>Spanish explorer who
marched across mexico and conquered the Aztecs
Hernando de Soto - ANSWER >>>>Explored deep in USA.
Was the first to cross and discover Mississippi River and
claimed for Spain
Gold and Land - ANSWER >>>>Georgia first colonized by
Spanish because they were looking for:
The Columbian Exchange - ANSWER >>>>The exchange of
plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the
,Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's
voyages.
The Treaty of Tordesillas - ANSWER >>>>A 1494 agreement
between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered
lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean
would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east
of the line would belong to Portugal.
St. Augustine, Florida - ANSWER >>>>1598
*The settlement at St. Augustine, Florida, is considered to be
the first permanent European settlement in what would
become the United States
joint-stock company - ANSWER >>>>A business, often
backed by a government charter, that sold shares to
individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to
spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
James Edward Oglethorpe - ANSWER >>>>British general,
Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the
colony of Georgia. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle
Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prisons, in the New
World. (22 December 1696 - 30 June 1785)
James Wright - ANSWER >>>>Georgia's third, and final,
royal governor
Jamestown - ANSWER >>>>First permanent English
settlement in North America. (1607)
First slave ship of Africans came here
They starved from 1609 - 1610 and 80% died
,God, Gold, Glory - ANSWER >>>>Why did colonists come to
the New World?
Original Trustees of Ga - ANSWER >>>>50 acres , free
passage, and provisions for 1 yr were given to who?
William Penn - ANSWER >>>>A Quaker that founded
Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and
others could live in peace and be free from persecution. (1644
- 1714)
Quakers - ANSWER >>>>Believed human religious
institutions were largey unnecessary. Thought they could
receive revelations directly from God and placed little
importance on the Bible. Pacifists and declined to show
customary deference to their alleged social superiors. Their
aggressiveness in denouncing established institutions brought
them trouble in both Britain and America. Opposed slavery
and favored decent treatment of Native Americans. Elements
of the culture would play a role in shaping the characterization
of a United States that valued independence and social
equality
French - ANSWER >>>>What country claimed Quebec?
French and Dutch - ANSWER >>>>Two colonies usually
relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive
settlement and force in contrast to the spanish and british
Charter Colony - ANSWER >>>>colony established by a
group of settlers who had been given a formal document
allowing them to settle
, Royal Colony - ANSWER >>>>A colony controlled directly by
the English king. Governor selected by king
Proprietary Colony - ANSWER >>>>colony run by individuals
or groups to whom land was granted
New England Colonies - ANSWER >>>>Founded primarily by
Puritans, that wanted a group of like-minded individuals;
close-knit, longer life expectancies; mixed economy of farming
and trade
Headright System - ANSWER >>>>A landowner would pay
for an individual's passage from England to America. The
landowner would receive 50 acres of land and that same
individual to work the land.
The French - ANSWER >>>>Who settled land west of the
Mississippi River
The Dutch - ANSWER >>>>Who settled land in New York
(Remember New Amsterdam)
Tobacco - ANSWER >>>>Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay
(Virginia and Maryland)
wine/silk and rice/indigo - ANSWER >>>>Early settlers
wanted main crop to be ______ , but it ended up being
_______
King Phillip's War - ANSWER >>>>Most Indians lost in an
armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New
England versus the New England colonists and their Indian
allies in 1675-1678
