Georgia History Exemption Exam
Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update (2026/2027)
Question:
Fall Line
Answer:
the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in elevation of the
land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when
sea-levels wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important
river ports (like
Macon)
Question:
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to
softer rocks.[E - M. Y.]
Georgia capitals
Answer:
Question:
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Atlanta
,Answer:
Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
- originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail
hub and
manufacturing center;
Question:
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright
Answer:
Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely
popular and successful
Question:
Indigo, Silk
Answer:
Brought to GA by Europeans
Question:
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto
Answer:
Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first
European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern United States
, (Florida, Georgia,
Question:
Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first documented
European to have crossed
the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers
Answer:
Question:
Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony in the
1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious persecution (they
were protestants,
not Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
James Oglethorpe
Answer:
Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the Georgia
colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and
Catholicism were
forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that
(along with the
colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the
colony to break down
and he to lose his position as governor.
Question:
Georgia Trustees
Questions and Answers Verified
Solutions Latest Update (2026/2027)
Question:
Fall Line
Answer:
the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in elevation of the
land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when
sea-levels wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important
river ports (like
Macon)
Question:
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to
softer rocks.[E - M. Y.]
Georgia capitals
Answer:
Question:
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Atlanta
,Answer:
Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
- originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail
hub and
manufacturing center;
Question:
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright
Answer:
Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely
popular and successful
Question:
Indigo, Silk
Answer:
Brought to GA by Europeans
Question:
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto
Answer:
Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first
European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern United States
, (Florida, Georgia,
Question:
Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first documented
European to have crossed
the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers
Answer:
Question:
Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony in the
1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious persecution (they
were protestants,
not Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
James Oglethorpe
Answer:
Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the Georgia
colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and
Catholicism were
forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that
(along with the
colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the
colony to break down
and he to lose his position as governor.
Question:
Georgia Trustees
