Georgia History Exemption Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Fall Line - Correct Answer -- the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in
elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-levels
wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important river
ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer
rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals - Correct Answer -Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville,
Atlanta
Atlanta - Correct Answer -- Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
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, - originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail hub and
manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright - Correct Answer -Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was
extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - Correct Answer -- Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto - Correct Answer -Spanish explorer and conquistador who led
the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern United States
(Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first
documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers - Correct Answer -Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia
colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious persecution
(they were protestants, not Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed
slavery
James Oglethorpe - Correct Answer -Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of
the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves,
alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that he
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Questions and Answers
Fall Line - Correct Answer -- the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in
elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-levels
wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important river
ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer
rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals - Correct Answer -Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville,
Atlanta
Atlanta - Correct Answer -- Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
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, - originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail hub and
manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright - Correct Answer -Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was
extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - Correct Answer -- Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto - Correct Answer -Spanish explorer and conquistador who led
the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern United States
(Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first
documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers - Correct Answer -Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia
colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious persecution
(they were protestants, not Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed
slavery
James Oglethorpe - Correct Answer -Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of
the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves,
alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that he
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