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2025 Newest |Georgia History Exemption
Exam| UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS
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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)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer
rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals - (ANSWER)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;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
, 2
James Wright - (ANSWER)Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was
extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - (ANSWER)- Brought to GA by Europeans
- 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, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first
documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers - (ANSWER)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.
Georgia Trustees - (ANSWER)They gave out land between the Savannah and
Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders - (ANSWER)- Added protection to GAs southern border
2025 Newest |Georgia History Exemption
Exam| UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE
FREQUENTLY MOST TESTED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|GET IT 100%
ACCURATE!!
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)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer
rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals - (ANSWER)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;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
, 2
James Wright - (ANSWER)Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was
extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - (ANSWER)- Brought to GA by Europeans
- 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, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first
documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers - (ANSWER)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.
Georgia Trustees - (ANSWER)They gave out land between the Savannah and
Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders - (ANSWER)- Added protection to GAs southern border
