UGA History Exemption Test
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the UGA History Exemption Test includes
foundational United States and/or world history concepts typically
required to demonstrate college-level historical knowledge at the
University of Georgia. It focuses on major historical events, time
periods, political developments, economic and social change, cultural
movements, and significant historical figures. The exam also evaluates
understanding of chronology, cause and effect, historical
interpretation, and the ability to analyze how historical developments
shaped modern societies. Emphasis is placed on broad historical
literacy, critical thinking, and applying historical knowledge to meet
university exemption requirements.
,Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest
-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
- Migratory because of limited resources
,Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic
Seaboard
-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
Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the
aztecs
- from spain
, Hernando de Soto
-explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for
gold and land
The Columbian Exchange
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between
the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the UGA History Exemption Test includes
foundational United States and/or world history concepts typically
required to demonstrate college-level historical knowledge at the
University of Georgia. It focuses on major historical events, time
periods, political developments, economic and social change, cultural
movements, and significant historical figures. The exam also evaluates
understanding of chronology, cause and effect, historical
interpretation, and the ability to analyze how historical developments
shaped modern societies. Emphasis is placed on broad historical
literacy, critical thinking, and applying historical knowledge to meet
university exemption requirements.
,Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest
-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
- Migratory because of limited resources
,Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic
Seaboard
-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
Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the
aztecs
- from spain
, Hernando de Soto
-explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for
gold and land
The Columbian Exchange
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between
the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
