UGA History Exemption Test Questions And Answers - UPDATED 2023

UGA History Exemption Test Questions And Answers - UPDATED 2023 WATCH THIS CRASH COURSE SERIES - CORRECT ANSWER 3eG7ObzO7s Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- - Migratory because of limited resources Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard - CORRECT ANSWER- -Another Group of tribes in present-day NY formed the Iroquois League -Cultivated crops and participated in foraging and hunting, often creating lasting settlements Hernan Cortes - CORRECT ANSWER- Spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered the aztecs - from spain Hernando de Soto - CORRECT ANSWER- -explored deep in USA -first to cross and disocer Miss. River -claimed for Spain Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for - CORRECT ANSWER- gold and land The Columbian Exchange - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- -1st colony in Florida set up by Spain joint-stock company - CORRECT ANSWER- A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts. James Edward Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER- The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony James Wright - CORRECT ANSWER- Georgia's third, and final, royal governor Jamestown - CORRECT ANSWER- -First permanent English settlement -Starving time (% died) -1619: first slave ship of Africans - 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US Why did colonists come to the New World? - CORRECT ANSWER- Religious freedom Profit adventure etc. Original Trustees of Ga were provided what - CORRECT ANSWER- 50 acres, free passage, and provisions for 1 yr William Penn - CORRECT ANSWER- -Founder of Pennsylvania -Pushed for democracy and religious freedom -Quaker -Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies Quakers - CORRECT ANSWER- -believed human religious institutions were largey unnecessary -thought they could receive revelationg 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 What country claimed Quebec? - CORRECT ANSWER- The French French Colonization in the New World - CORRECT ANSWER- French and Dutch Colonies in the new world usually relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive settlement and force in contrast to the Spanish and British Dutch Colonization in the New World - CORRECT ANSWER- -first colonies functioned more as trading outposts than settlements -the Dutch commissioned an expedition by English explorer Henry Hudson to North America -Hudson failed in his search for a Northwest Passage, but his reports of abundant resources created interest among Dutch merchants -The Dutch West India Company was chartered to develop colonies in North America -the company tried to attract immigrants with land grants, and a diverse group of European settlers slowly began to arrive -its most important settlement was New Amsterdam, which became a center for trade -usually relied on cooperation with native peoples instead of extensive settlement and force, in contrast to the Spanish and British Types of New British Colonies in the New World - CORRECT ANSWER- -Charter Colony: colonist were members of a corp -Royal Colony: governor selected by King -Proprietary colonies: owned by individuals Characteristics of New England Colonies: - CORRECT ANSWER- Founded primarily by Puritans, that wanted a group of like-minded individuals; close-knit, longer life expectancies; mixed economy of farming and trade What is the headright system? - CORRECT ANSWER- The head right system is when 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. Who settled land west of the Mississippi River A. The French B. The Dutch C. The Spanish D. The British - CORRECT ANSWER- A. The French Who settled land in New York - CORRECT ANSWER- the Dutch along Hudson River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland) - CORRECT ANSWERTobacco ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being _______ - CORRECT ANSWER- wine/silk and rice/indigo Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton King Phillip's War - CORRECT ANSWER- Most Indians lost in New England King Philip's War was an armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New England versus the New England colonists and their Indian allies in 1675-78 Bacon's Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER- -armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. - First rebellion in the colonies Whiskey Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER- In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem, in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal with Shay's Rebellion. Indentured Servitude - CORRECT ANSWER- A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians. Bacon's Rebellion made the practice seem riskier to planters and owners English Puritanism - CORRECT ANSWER- 1500s and 1600s *Movement by those who wished to reform the Church of England to be more in line with their ideology *Puritans rejected these Roman Catholic holdovers and sought to make the English Church "pure" *Puritans held Calvinist beliefs, such as predestination and the authority of Scripture over papal authority *Puritanism echoes throughout American culture in the ideas of self-reliance, moral fortitude, and an emphasis on intellectualism