UGA History Exemption Test – UPDATED correctly
answered to pass
1. Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American -Agriculturally focused groups
South- west that developed powerful and
complex societies
-Became increasingly
dependent on the cultivation
2. Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin of maize
and the western Great Plains
- Migratory because of
3. Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast limited re- sources
and along the Atlantic Seaboard
-Another Group of tribes in
pre- sent-day NY formed the
Iroquois League
-Cultivated crops and
participat- ed in foraging and
hunting, often creating
lasting settlements
4. Hernan Cortes Spanish explorer who
marched across mexico and
conquered the aztecs
- from spain
5. Hernando de Soto -explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer
Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
6. Georgia first colonized by Spanish because gold and land
they were looking for
,UGA History Exemption Test – UPDATED correctly
answered to pass
7. The Columbian Exchange The exchange of plants,
animals, diseases, and
technologies be- tween the
Americas and the rest of the
world following Columbus's
voyages.
8. The Treaty of Tordesillas A 1494 agreement between
Por- tugal 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 Portu- gal.
9. St. Augustine -1st colony in Florida set
up by Spain
10. joint-stock company A company made up of a
group of shareholders. Each
sharehold- er contributes
some money to the
company and receives some
share of the company's
profits and debts.
11. James Edward Oglethorpe The leader of English
Parliament who founded the
Georgia colony
12. James Wright Georgia's third, and final,
,UGA History Exemption Test – UPDATED correctly
answered to pass
royal governor
13. Jamestown -First permanent English settle-
ment
,UGA History Exemption Test – UPDATED correctly
answered to pass
-Starving time (1609-1610
80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of
slavery was established in
US
14. Why did colonists come to the New World? Religious freedom
profit
adventure...etc.
15. Original Trustees of Ga were provided what 50 acres , free passage, provisio
for 1 yr
16. William Penn -Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and
reli- gious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S.
colonies
17. Quakers -believed human religious instit
tions were largey unnecessary
-thought they could receive
rev- elationg directly form
God and placed little
importance on the Bible
-pacifists and declined to
show customary deference to
their al- leged social
superiors
-their aggressiveness in de-
answered to pass
1. Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American -Agriculturally focused groups
South- west that developed powerful and
complex societies
-Became increasingly
dependent on the cultivation
2. Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin of maize
and the western Great Plains
- Migratory because of
3. Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast limited re- sources
and along the Atlantic Seaboard
-Another Group of tribes in
pre- sent-day NY formed the
Iroquois League
-Cultivated crops and
participat- ed in foraging and
hunting, often creating
lasting settlements
4. Hernan Cortes Spanish explorer who
marched across mexico and
conquered the aztecs
- from spain
5. Hernando de Soto -explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer
Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
6. Georgia first colonized by Spanish because gold and land
they were looking for
,UGA History Exemption Test – UPDATED correctly
answered to pass
7. The Columbian Exchange The exchange of plants,
animals, diseases, and
technologies be- tween the
Americas and the rest of the
world following Columbus's
voyages.
8. The Treaty of Tordesillas A 1494 agreement between
Por- tugal 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 Portu- gal.
9. St. Augustine -1st colony in Florida set
up by Spain
10. joint-stock company A company made up of a
group of shareholders. Each
sharehold- er contributes
some money to the
company and receives some
share of the company's
profits and debts.
11. James Edward Oglethorpe The leader of English
Parliament who founded the
Georgia colony
12. James Wright Georgia's third, and final,
,UGA History Exemption Test – UPDATED correctly
answered to pass
royal governor
13. Jamestown -First permanent English settle-
ment
,UGA History Exemption Test – UPDATED correctly
answered to pass
-Starving time (1609-1610
80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of
slavery was established in
US
14. Why did colonists come to the New World? Religious freedom
profit
adventure...etc.
15. Original Trustees of Ga were provided what 50 acres , free passage, provisio
for 1 yr
16. William Penn -Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and
reli- gious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S.
colonies
17. Quakers -believed human religious instit
tions were largey unnecessary
-thought they could receive
rev- elationg directly form
God and placed little
importance on the Bible
-pacifists and declined to
show customary deference to
their al- leged social
superiors
-their aggressiveness in de-
