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Georgia History Legislative Exam Questions
And Answers 2025 Update.
What are the 5 major regions of Georgia? - Answer✔Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge,
Plateau, Ridge and Valley
Location of the coastal plains? - Answer✔Atlantic ocean to the fall line
What is the coastal plains commonly called? - Answer✔Pine Barrens
What percent of the land does the coastal planes cover? - Answer✔60%
Description of the coastal plains land characteristics? - Answer✔Flat and the soil is sandy
Piedmont nickname? - Answer✔Foothills, upland, or upcountry region
What percent of the land does the piedmont cover? - Answer✔30%
Piedmont land characteristics? - Answer✔Rolling hills, fertile land, most populous land
Blue ridge location - Answer✔Northeast the blue ridge
Blue ridge characterized by - Answer✔Its rocky slopes
Plateau location - Answer✔Northwest
Plateau characterized by - Answer✔Both flat and gently sloping land
Smallest region of Georgia - Answer✔Plateau
Ridge and Valley location - Answer✔North between the Plateau and Blue Ridge
Ridge and valley land characteristics - Answer✔Rich soils, growth of various handwoods, good
land for pasture
Describe where the native Americans lived in the Mississippian Period - Answer✔They lived
near rivers and in places with long growing seasons and large deer populations. They increased
their reliance on agriculture ehich lead the perminant settlement
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Why did native Americans build storehouse - Answer✔To store all the extra agriculture goods
Once the native Americans settled in permeant locations then how did they live? -
Answer✔Built houses of clay and built large earthen mounds
What are the native Americans often referred to as? - Answer✔Mound Builders
What type of society was there during the Mississippian period? - Answer✔Stratified and
hierarchical
Which Europeans were the first to arrive in Georgia? - Answer✔The auspices of Spain, spain
and portugal
Who led the expedition of settlement in georgia - Answer✔Hernando de Soto
What impact did the Spanish have on the Native Americans? - Answer✔Spanish had better
weapons and 1/3 of native americans died from European diseases
Who competed with Spain for Georgia? - Answer✔The english and french
The first establishments of Georgia was where? - Answer✔Santa Catalina de Guale
3 reasons for establishments in Georgia - Answer✔Philanthropic- new start for the poor of
England and a refuge for prosecuted Protestants in Europe
Military- establish a defense against the Spanish
Economic- increase Britain's wealth
3 restrictions the Trustee placed on Georgia Settlers - Answer✔1. Land restrictions
2. No hard liquor especially rum
3. No slaves
Leader of the first trustees to settle - Answer✔Oglethorpe
Who gave Oglethorpe permission to settle in that area? - Answer✔The Indian chief of the area
Tomochicho
Where did Oglethorpe first settle - Answer✔Savannah, Augusta and Fort Frederica
Oglethorpe's role - Answer✔Leader of settlement. Commanded his troops in the war of Jenkins
ear and the battle of bloody marsh
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Georgia History Legislative Exam Questions
And Answers 2025 Update.
What are the 5 major regions of Georgia? - Answer✔Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge,
Plateau, Ridge and Valley
Location of the coastal plains? - Answer✔Atlantic ocean to the fall line
What is the coastal plains commonly called? - Answer✔Pine Barrens
What percent of the land does the coastal planes cover? - Answer✔60%
Description of the coastal plains land characteristics? - Answer✔Flat and the soil is sandy
Piedmont nickname? - Answer✔Foothills, upland, or upcountry region
What percent of the land does the piedmont cover? - Answer✔30%
Piedmont land characteristics? - Answer✔Rolling hills, fertile land, most populous land
Blue ridge location - Answer✔Northeast the blue ridge
Blue ridge characterized by - Answer✔Its rocky slopes
Plateau location - Answer✔Northwest
Plateau characterized by - Answer✔Both flat and gently sloping land
Smallest region of Georgia - Answer✔Plateau
Ridge and Valley location - Answer✔North between the Plateau and Blue Ridge
Ridge and valley land characteristics - Answer✔Rich soils, growth of various handwoods, good
land for pasture
Describe where the native Americans lived in the Mississippian Period - Answer✔They lived
near rivers and in places with long growing seasons and large deer populations. They increased
their reliance on agriculture ehich lead the perminant settlement
1
, ©FYNDLAY 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 8:10PM.
Why did native Americans build storehouse - Answer✔To store all the extra agriculture goods
Once the native Americans settled in permeant locations then how did they live? -
Answer✔Built houses of clay and built large earthen mounds
What are the native Americans often referred to as? - Answer✔Mound Builders
What type of society was there during the Mississippian period? - Answer✔Stratified and
hierarchical
Which Europeans were the first to arrive in Georgia? - Answer✔The auspices of Spain, spain
and portugal
Who led the expedition of settlement in georgia - Answer✔Hernando de Soto
What impact did the Spanish have on the Native Americans? - Answer✔Spanish had better
weapons and 1/3 of native americans died from European diseases
Who competed with Spain for Georgia? - Answer✔The english and french
The first establishments of Georgia was where? - Answer✔Santa Catalina de Guale
3 reasons for establishments in Georgia - Answer✔Philanthropic- new start for the poor of
England and a refuge for prosecuted Protestants in Europe
Military- establish a defense against the Spanish
Economic- increase Britain's wealth
3 restrictions the Trustee placed on Georgia Settlers - Answer✔1. Land restrictions
2. No hard liquor especially rum
3. No slaves
Leader of the first trustees to settle - Answer✔Oglethorpe
Who gave Oglethorpe permission to settle in that area? - Answer✔The Indian chief of the area
Tomochicho
Where did Oglethorpe first settle - Answer✔Savannah, Augusta and Fort Frederica
Oglethorpe's role - Answer✔Leader of settlement. Commanded his troops in the war of Jenkins
ear and the battle of bloody marsh
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