KSU GA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Georgia History: Overview - CORRECT ANSWER -Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to
be founded. Its formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was the
only colony founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: Overview - CORRECT ANSWER -(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures,
organized as chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular features
of their physical surroundings.
Chiefdoms - CORRECT ANSWER -a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking
as a fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two
groupings, elites or commoners.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms - CORRECT ANSWER -rested more on
ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - CORRECT ANSWER -capitals of chiefdoms,
platforms for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto - CORRECT ANSWER -The first European to explore the interior of what is
now the state of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague and
small pox
Spanish Missions - CORRECT ANSWER -the primary means by which Georgia's chiefdoms were
assimilated into the Spanish colonial system
, five friars were murdered in the Guale rebellion of 1597, northern missions were abandoned
completely until 1604.
James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) - CORRECT ANSWER -Conceived of and implemented his plan to
establish the colony of Georgia.
Yamacraw Indians - CORRECT ANSWER -a small band that existed from the late 1720s to the
mid-1740s in the Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his nephew and heir
Toonahowi, they consisted of about 200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks and
Yamasees.
Malcontents - CORRECT ANSWER -Among those to voice displeasure with the policies of
General James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement.
Lead by:
Patrick Tailfer
Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - CORRECT ANSWER -chief of the Yamacraw Indians, principal mediator between the
native population and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement
Royal Georgia - CORRECT ANSWER -The period between the termination of Trustee governance
of Georgia and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning of the American
Revolution
Battle of Bloody Marsh - CORRECT ANSWER -This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH VICTORY.
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Georgia History: Overview - CORRECT ANSWER -Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to
be founded. Its formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was the
only colony founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: Overview - CORRECT ANSWER -(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures,
organized as chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular features
of their physical surroundings.
Chiefdoms - CORRECT ANSWER -a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking
as a fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two
groupings, elites or commoners.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms - CORRECT ANSWER -rested more on
ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - CORRECT ANSWER -capitals of chiefdoms,
platforms for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto - CORRECT ANSWER -The first European to explore the interior of what is
now the state of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague and
small pox
Spanish Missions - CORRECT ANSWER -the primary means by which Georgia's chiefdoms were
assimilated into the Spanish colonial system
, five friars were murdered in the Guale rebellion of 1597, northern missions were abandoned
completely until 1604.
James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) - CORRECT ANSWER -Conceived of and implemented his plan to
establish the colony of Georgia.
Yamacraw Indians - CORRECT ANSWER -a small band that existed from the late 1720s to the
mid-1740s in the Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his nephew and heir
Toonahowi, they consisted of about 200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks and
Yamasees.
Malcontents - CORRECT ANSWER -Among those to voice displeasure with the policies of
General James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement.
Lead by:
Patrick Tailfer
Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - CORRECT ANSWER -chief of the Yamacraw Indians, principal mediator between the
native population and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement
Royal Georgia - CORRECT ANSWER -The period between the termination of Trustee governance
of Georgia and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning of the American
Revolution
Battle of Bloody Marsh - CORRECT ANSWER -This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH VICTORY.
