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Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
Coastal Plain Ans: "Pine Barrens" flat/sandy soil; 60% of state
Piedmont Ans: "foothills, upland, upcountry" rolling hills; most
fertile; 30% of state (most populous)
Plateau Ans: flat/gently sloping land; smallest region
Ridge and Valley Ans: rich soils with hardwoods and pastures
Blue Ridge Ans: tallest mountains with rocky slopes
Reasons for Georgia establishment Ans: Philanthropy, military,
and economic
Trustees of Georgia rules Ans: land ownership restrictions and
hard liquor/slavery prohibitions
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Battle of Bloody Marsh Ans: Oglethorpe victory against Spanish
near Fort Frederica
"Malcontents" Ans: lobbied for change of trustees rules
Captain John Reynolds Ans: first royal governor; unpopular;
served short time
Henry Ellis Ans: second royal governor; capable; didn't like heat
James Wright Ans: third royal governor; expanded/opened
frontier to farmers by obtaining Creed land cessions; longest
serving
1763 Georgia boundaries Ans: Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River
Georgian Signers of Declaration of Independence Ans: George
Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett (later died in duel)
Georgia Constitution of 1777 Ans: unicameral legislative
assembly; governor elected by assembly
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Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
Coastal Plain Ans: "Pine Barrens" flat/sandy soil; 60% of state
Piedmont Ans: "foothills, upland, upcountry" rolling hills; most
fertile; 30% of state (most populous)
Plateau Ans: flat/gently sloping land; smallest region
Ridge and Valley Ans: rich soils with hardwoods and pastures
Blue Ridge Ans: tallest mountains with rocky slopes
Reasons for Georgia establishment Ans: Philanthropy, military,
and economic
Trustees of Georgia rules Ans: land ownership restrictions and
hard liquor/slavery prohibitions
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Battle of Bloody Marsh Ans: Oglethorpe victory against Spanish
near Fort Frederica
"Malcontents" Ans: lobbied for change of trustees rules
Captain John Reynolds Ans: first royal governor; unpopular;
served short time
Henry Ellis Ans: second royal governor; capable; didn't like heat
James Wright Ans: third royal governor; expanded/opened
frontier to farmers by obtaining Creed land cessions; longest
serving
1763 Georgia boundaries Ans: Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River
Georgian Signers of Declaration of Independence Ans: George
Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett (later died in duel)
Georgia Constitution of 1777 Ans: unicameral legislative
assembly; governor elected by assembly
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