GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE RATED
A+ FOR SUCCESS
Clovis Culture - ANSWERThe earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North
America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point.
Late Archaic Period - ANSWERThe Archaic Period of Georgia prehistory lasted from
about 10,000 to 3,000 years ago. Archaeologists have divided this very long period into
three main subperiods: Early, Middle, and Late. Each is distinguished by important
changes in cultural traditions, which generally follow a trend toward increasing social
complexity.
Woodland Period - ANSWER500 B.C.- 800 A.D.
still hunted/ gathered some food
more settled down
more crop planting
increased religious ceremonies
Kolomoki Mounds - ANSWERDating to around A.D. 500, these mounds are the remains
of one of the most populous Woodland settlements north of Mexico.
Rock Structures - ANSWERAll features created by the processes of deformation from
minor fractures in bedrock to a major mountain chain
Mississippian Period - ANSWERcharacterized by permanent settlements, building
religious centers, and more advanced weaponry
Ocmulgee National Monument - ANSWERsite of temple mounds and earth lodges from
an ancient culture
Mission Santa Catalina de Guale - ANSWERSanta Catalina de Guale (1602-1702) was
a SpanishFranciscan mission and town in Spanish Florida. Part of Spain's effort to
convert the Native Americans to Catholicism, Santa Catalina served as the provincial
headquarters of the Guale mission province. It also served various non-religious
functions, such as providing food and labor for the colonial capital of St. Augustine
English Colonial Immigration - ANSWERThe British colonization of the Americas is the
history of the establishment of control, settlement, and decolonization of the continents
of the Americas by England, Scotland and (after 1707) Great Britain.The first permanent
British colony was established in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Over the next several
centuries more colonies were established in North America, Central America, South
America, and the Caribbean. Though most British colonies in the Americas eventually
, gained independence, some colonies have opted to remain under Britain's jurisdiction
as British Overseas Territories.
Board of Trustees - ANSWERAppointed by King George II in 1732 to govern Georgia
until 1752
Slavery in Colonial Georgia - ANSWERThe colony of the Province of Georgia under
James Oglethorpe banned slavery in 1735, the only one of the thirteen colonies to have
done so. Georgia's non-profit Trustees intended for the colony to rehabilitate and
provide a second chance for former English debtors. Slave labor challenged those
efforts
James Ogelthorpe - ANSWERFounded colony of Georgia as a chance for poor
immigrants who were in debt to have a second chance at a comfortable life
Chief Tomochici/Yamacraw Band - ANSWERTomochichi (to-mo-chi-chi') (c. 1644 -
October 5, 1739) was the head chief of a Yamacraw town on the site of present-day
Savannah, Georgia in the 18th century. He gave his land to James Oglethorpe to build
the city of Savannah. He remains a prominent character of early Georgia history.
Motives for Colonization - ANSWEReconomic: expanding trade, search for gold,
establishment of plantations; political : devleopment of nation-states; religious:
Protestant Reformation; social: acquire new social standing
Non-English Colonists: Salzburgers, Moravians, and Highlanders - ANSWERThe
Salzburger Emigrants were a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees from the
Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (now in present-day Austria) that immigrated to the
Georgia Colony in 1734 to escape religious persecution
The Moravians, or Unitas Fratrum (United Brethren), were German-speaking
Protestants. As followers of January Hus, a Bohemian heretic who was burned at the
stake in 1415, the Moravians are acknowledged as the first Protestants, pre-dating the
Lutherans by 100 years
The War of Jenkins' Ear - ANSWERLand squabble between Britain and Spain over
Georgia and trading rights. Battles took place in the Caribbean and on the
Florida/Georgia border. The name comes from a British captain named Jenkins, whose
ear was cut off by the Spanish.
Royal Georgia Governmental Structure - ANSWERIn 1752 a committee of Parliament
called the Board of Trade acquired the authority to nominate colonial officials. George
Montagu-Dunk, Lord Halifax, the board's president, intended Georgia's charter to be a
model for other American colonies. The charter provided for a strong governor
empowered to convoke an assembly, pass on legislation, propose the erection of
courts, approve land grants, enforce the laws, and otherwise administer the province.
Other officials included an attorney general, a provost marshal, a clerk of council, a
receiver of quitrents, a surveyor, and various customs officials. The legislature consisted
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE RATED
A+ FOR SUCCESS
Clovis Culture - ANSWERThe earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North
America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point.
Late Archaic Period - ANSWERThe Archaic Period of Georgia prehistory lasted from
about 10,000 to 3,000 years ago. Archaeologists have divided this very long period into
three main subperiods: Early, Middle, and Late. Each is distinguished by important
changes in cultural traditions, which generally follow a trend toward increasing social
complexity.
Woodland Period - ANSWER500 B.C.- 800 A.D.
still hunted/ gathered some food
more settled down
more crop planting
increased religious ceremonies
Kolomoki Mounds - ANSWERDating to around A.D. 500, these mounds are the remains
of one of the most populous Woodland settlements north of Mexico.
Rock Structures - ANSWERAll features created by the processes of deformation from
minor fractures in bedrock to a major mountain chain
Mississippian Period - ANSWERcharacterized by permanent settlements, building
religious centers, and more advanced weaponry
Ocmulgee National Monument - ANSWERsite of temple mounds and earth lodges from
an ancient culture
Mission Santa Catalina de Guale - ANSWERSanta Catalina de Guale (1602-1702) was
a SpanishFranciscan mission and town in Spanish Florida. Part of Spain's effort to
convert the Native Americans to Catholicism, Santa Catalina served as the provincial
headquarters of the Guale mission province. It also served various non-religious
functions, such as providing food and labor for the colonial capital of St. Augustine
English Colonial Immigration - ANSWERThe British colonization of the Americas is the
history of the establishment of control, settlement, and decolonization of the continents
of the Americas by England, Scotland and (after 1707) Great Britain.The first permanent
British colony was established in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Over the next several
centuries more colonies were established in North America, Central America, South
America, and the Caribbean. Though most British colonies in the Americas eventually
, gained independence, some colonies have opted to remain under Britain's jurisdiction
as British Overseas Territories.
Board of Trustees - ANSWERAppointed by King George II in 1732 to govern Georgia
until 1752
Slavery in Colonial Georgia - ANSWERThe colony of the Province of Georgia under
James Oglethorpe banned slavery in 1735, the only one of the thirteen colonies to have
done so. Georgia's non-profit Trustees intended for the colony to rehabilitate and
provide a second chance for former English debtors. Slave labor challenged those
efforts
James Ogelthorpe - ANSWERFounded colony of Georgia as a chance for poor
immigrants who were in debt to have a second chance at a comfortable life
Chief Tomochici/Yamacraw Band - ANSWERTomochichi (to-mo-chi-chi') (c. 1644 -
October 5, 1739) was the head chief of a Yamacraw town on the site of present-day
Savannah, Georgia in the 18th century. He gave his land to James Oglethorpe to build
the city of Savannah. He remains a prominent character of early Georgia history.
Motives for Colonization - ANSWEReconomic: expanding trade, search for gold,
establishment of plantations; political : devleopment of nation-states; religious:
Protestant Reformation; social: acquire new social standing
Non-English Colonists: Salzburgers, Moravians, and Highlanders - ANSWERThe
Salzburger Emigrants were a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees from the
Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (now in present-day Austria) that immigrated to the
Georgia Colony in 1734 to escape religious persecution
The Moravians, or Unitas Fratrum (United Brethren), were German-speaking
Protestants. As followers of January Hus, a Bohemian heretic who was burned at the
stake in 1415, the Moravians are acknowledged as the first Protestants, pre-dating the
Lutherans by 100 years
The War of Jenkins' Ear - ANSWERLand squabble between Britain and Spain over
Georgia and trading rights. Battles took place in the Caribbean and on the
Florida/Georgia border. The name comes from a British captain named Jenkins, whose
ear was cut off by the Spanish.
Royal Georgia Governmental Structure - ANSWERIn 1752 a committee of Parliament
called the Board of Trade acquired the authority to nominate colonial officials. George
Montagu-Dunk, Lord Halifax, the board's president, intended Georgia's charter to be a
model for other American colonies. The charter provided for a strong governor
empowered to convoke an assembly, pass on legislation, propose the erection of
courts, approve land grants, enforce the laws, and otherwise administer the province.
Other officials included an attorney general, a provost marshal, a clerk of council, a
receiver of quitrents, a surveyor, and various customs officials. The legislature consisted
