MGA GA HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Cotton Gin - Answers A machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds,
enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The fibers are then
processed into various cotton goods such as linens, while any undamaged cotton is used
largely for textiles like clothing. The separated seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to
produce cottonseed oil.
Woodland Period - Answers 1000 BC to 900 AD trends during this period sedentariness, social
stratification, elaboration of ritual and ceremony, and intensification of horticulture.
Early Woodland - Answers 1000 BC to 300 BC ceramic cooking vessels were upgraded to a
sturdier material with the use of sand and grit temper (replaced vegetable fiber). Pots were
more elaborately decorated. Sumpweed was added to domesticated plants like goosefoot,
maygrass, knot weed and sunflower....all were developed during the Late Archaic.
Middle Woodland Period - Answers 300 BC to 600 BC significant social change; planned villages
(cicular arrangement as many as twenty houses). Corn was introduced to southeastern US but
not a staple in Georgians diets at this time.
Rock mounds - Answers small dome shaped structures served as burial sites. Some functioned
as stages for ceremonies.
Kolomoki Mounds - Answers In southwestern Georgia were the largest woodland settlement in
the state and contatined at least 8 mounds (7 have been preserved).
Hopewellian Interaction Sphere - Answers trading network; marine shell from the Gulf coast was
traded in exchange for exotic stones and cooper from the midwest. Additional trade items like
rocks, minerals, gemstones, chert, crystalline quartz, galena, and mica.
Late Woodland Period - Answers 600 AD to 900 AD construction of mound building slowed.
Trade decreased and corn agriculture became important in North Georgia. Projectiles or
weapons began to appear the bow and arrows used to hunt deer and other animals. More
Fortified settlements appeared as well during this time. Fortification include ditches and
palisades.
Gullah - Answers West Africans accepted the name of islanders in South Carolina. Gullah coast
spans from Sandy Island So. Carolina to Amelia Florida. Gullah culture passed through language,
agriculture, and spirituality.
Geechee - Answers West Africans accepted the name of islanders in Georgia. Geechee culture
passed through language, agriculture, and spirituality.
Gullah and Geechee Culture - Answers The Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is a
federal National Heritage Area in the United States, representing the significant story of the
,Gullah-Geechee people for maintaining their cultural traditions, and for being a reflection of the
values of ingenuity, pride, and perseverance.
Board of Trustees - Answers Established in Georgia 1732 primarly to help British Citizens create
a mercantile system to supply England with agricultural products.
Antislavery Law - Answers The penal colony of the Province of Georgia under James Oglethorpe
banned slavery in 1735, the only one of the thirteen colonies to have done so. However, it was
legalized by royal decree in 1751, in part due to George Whitefield's support for the institution of
slavery.
Winward Coast (Rice Coast) - Answers Georgia became successful in competing economically
with other slaved based rice economies along the Eastern seaboard. Due to the fact that they
imported slaves from the Winward Coast of West Africa. Most of the slaves were from
Senegambia ( now Senegal and Gambia), Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Rice, indigo, and cotton were
indigenous to the region.
Lorenzo Dow Turner - Answers Linguist who publised Gullah dilect lexicon "Africanisims in the
Gullah Dialect" in 1949.
Migration - Answers Thousands of slaves from Georgia and South Carolina remained loyal to
the British after the American Revolution 1775 - 83. Some migrated to Novia Scotia Canada and
gained freedom. Many returned to Sierra Leone in 1791 and established Freetown (Captial).
McIntosh County Shouters - Answers The southeastern ring shout is probably the oldest
surviving African American performance tradition on the North American continent. It continues
to be performed in a black community in McIntosh County on Georgia's coast. This compelling
fusion of counterclockwise dancelike movement, call-and-response singing, and percussion (in
the form of hand-clapping and a stick beating a drumlike rhythm on a wooden floor) is clearly
African in its origins. The ring shout affirms oneness with the Spirit and with ancestors as well
as community cohesiveness.
Seminole Nation - Answers emerged in a process of ethnogenesis from various Native
American groups who settled in Florida in the 18th century, most significantly northern
Muscogee (Creeks) from what is now Georgia and Alabama.[1] The word "Seminole" is derived
from the Creek word simanó-li, which may itself be derived from the Spanish word cimarrón,
meaning "runaway" or "wild one".
San Miguel de Gualdape - Answers Founded by the Spanish in 1526 in an area that is now part
of Georgia, this settlement was led by Lucas Vasquez de Allyon. It survived less than a year due
to malaria, mutiny among settlers, an Indian attack and a slave rebellion. However, before
Allyon's death his positive reports encouraged more Spaniards to come to the New World.
Hernado de Soto - Answers Commanded 600 Spanish soldiers and marched them from Florida
to southwestern Georgia. His expedition 1539 - 43 his travels were the only at the time to
, chronicle Native American chiefdom across the interior of the southeastern U.S. However, the
expedition brought with it plague and diseases that wiped out massive populations of Native
Americans.
Pedro Menendez de Aviles - Answers a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias,
Spain, who is remembered for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys and for founding
St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565.
James Edward Oglethorpe - Answers 22 December 1696 - 30 June 1785 was a British general,
Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social
reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prisons, in the New
World.
Dr. Henry Woodward - Answers was the first British colonist of colonial South Carolina. He
established relationships with many Native American Indians in the American southeast. He
initiated trade, primarily in deerskins and slaves, with many Indian towns and tribes.
Apalachee Massacre - Answers (1704) was an episode in Queen Anne's War. Having failed to
take St. Augustine, Florida, in 1702, former governor James Moore of Carolina invaded the
Apalachee district in western Florida with fifty Englishmen and one thousand Creek Indians in
1704. Moore defeated Captain Mexia's force of thirty Spaniards and four hundred Apalachees.
Moore's troops pillaged and destroyed all but one of the fourteen Franciscan mission
settlements and captured about fourteen hundred Christian Indians.
Yamasee War - Answers (1715-1717) was a conflict between British settlers of colonial South
Carolina and various Native American tribes, including the Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba,
Apalachee, Apalachicola, Yuchi, Savannah River Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, Cape
Fear, Cheraw, and others. Some of the Native American Indian groups played a minor role while
others launched attacks throughout South Carolina in an attempt to destroy the colony.
Fort King George - Answers The first British garrison of the Georgia colony. Established in 1721
as the southernmost outpost of British North America, the post became the stronghold for the
coveted southeastern region. Garrisoned from 1721 to 1732, built under the command of
Colonel John "Tuscarora Jack" Barnwell and manned by His Majesty's Independent Company of
Foot.
Fort Frederica - Answers St. Simons Island served as the British military headquarters in colonial
America. During its heyday, from 1736 to 1758, General James Oglethorpe's town and fort
played a pivotal role in the struggle for empire between the competing interests of England and
Spain.
Indentured Servitude - Answers labor under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time,
typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging, and
other necessities. Often used in the late 19th and early 20th century as a replacement of slave
Cotton Gin - Answers A machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds,
enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The fibers are then
processed into various cotton goods such as linens, while any undamaged cotton is used
largely for textiles like clothing. The separated seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to
produce cottonseed oil.
Woodland Period - Answers 1000 BC to 900 AD trends during this period sedentariness, social
stratification, elaboration of ritual and ceremony, and intensification of horticulture.
Early Woodland - Answers 1000 BC to 300 BC ceramic cooking vessels were upgraded to a
sturdier material with the use of sand and grit temper (replaced vegetable fiber). Pots were
more elaborately decorated. Sumpweed was added to domesticated plants like goosefoot,
maygrass, knot weed and sunflower....all were developed during the Late Archaic.
Middle Woodland Period - Answers 300 BC to 600 BC significant social change; planned villages
(cicular arrangement as many as twenty houses). Corn was introduced to southeastern US but
not a staple in Georgians diets at this time.
Rock mounds - Answers small dome shaped structures served as burial sites. Some functioned
as stages for ceremonies.
Kolomoki Mounds - Answers In southwestern Georgia were the largest woodland settlement in
the state and contatined at least 8 mounds (7 have been preserved).
Hopewellian Interaction Sphere - Answers trading network; marine shell from the Gulf coast was
traded in exchange for exotic stones and cooper from the midwest. Additional trade items like
rocks, minerals, gemstones, chert, crystalline quartz, galena, and mica.
Late Woodland Period - Answers 600 AD to 900 AD construction of mound building slowed.
Trade decreased and corn agriculture became important in North Georgia. Projectiles or
weapons began to appear the bow and arrows used to hunt deer and other animals. More
Fortified settlements appeared as well during this time. Fortification include ditches and
palisades.
Gullah - Answers West Africans accepted the name of islanders in South Carolina. Gullah coast
spans from Sandy Island So. Carolina to Amelia Florida. Gullah culture passed through language,
agriculture, and spirituality.
Geechee - Answers West Africans accepted the name of islanders in Georgia. Geechee culture
passed through language, agriculture, and spirituality.
Gullah and Geechee Culture - Answers The Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is a
federal National Heritage Area in the United States, representing the significant story of the
,Gullah-Geechee people for maintaining their cultural traditions, and for being a reflection of the
values of ingenuity, pride, and perseverance.
Board of Trustees - Answers Established in Georgia 1732 primarly to help British Citizens create
a mercantile system to supply England with agricultural products.
Antislavery Law - Answers The penal colony of the Province of Georgia under James Oglethorpe
banned slavery in 1735, the only one of the thirteen colonies to have done so. However, it was
legalized by royal decree in 1751, in part due to George Whitefield's support for the institution of
slavery.
Winward Coast (Rice Coast) - Answers Georgia became successful in competing economically
with other slaved based rice economies along the Eastern seaboard. Due to the fact that they
imported slaves from the Winward Coast of West Africa. Most of the slaves were from
Senegambia ( now Senegal and Gambia), Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Rice, indigo, and cotton were
indigenous to the region.
Lorenzo Dow Turner - Answers Linguist who publised Gullah dilect lexicon "Africanisims in the
Gullah Dialect" in 1949.
Migration - Answers Thousands of slaves from Georgia and South Carolina remained loyal to
the British after the American Revolution 1775 - 83. Some migrated to Novia Scotia Canada and
gained freedom. Many returned to Sierra Leone in 1791 and established Freetown (Captial).
McIntosh County Shouters - Answers The southeastern ring shout is probably the oldest
surviving African American performance tradition on the North American continent. It continues
to be performed in a black community in McIntosh County on Georgia's coast. This compelling
fusion of counterclockwise dancelike movement, call-and-response singing, and percussion (in
the form of hand-clapping and a stick beating a drumlike rhythm on a wooden floor) is clearly
African in its origins. The ring shout affirms oneness with the Spirit and with ancestors as well
as community cohesiveness.
Seminole Nation - Answers emerged in a process of ethnogenesis from various Native
American groups who settled in Florida in the 18th century, most significantly northern
Muscogee (Creeks) from what is now Georgia and Alabama.[1] The word "Seminole" is derived
from the Creek word simanó-li, which may itself be derived from the Spanish word cimarrón,
meaning "runaway" or "wild one".
San Miguel de Gualdape - Answers Founded by the Spanish in 1526 in an area that is now part
of Georgia, this settlement was led by Lucas Vasquez de Allyon. It survived less than a year due
to malaria, mutiny among settlers, an Indian attack and a slave rebellion. However, before
Allyon's death his positive reports encouraged more Spaniards to come to the New World.
Hernado de Soto - Answers Commanded 600 Spanish soldiers and marched them from Florida
to southwestern Georgia. His expedition 1539 - 43 his travels were the only at the time to
, chronicle Native American chiefdom across the interior of the southeastern U.S. However, the
expedition brought with it plague and diseases that wiped out massive populations of Native
Americans.
Pedro Menendez de Aviles - Answers a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias,
Spain, who is remembered for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys and for founding
St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565.
James Edward Oglethorpe - Answers 22 December 1696 - 30 June 1785 was a British general,
Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social
reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prisons, in the New
World.
Dr. Henry Woodward - Answers was the first British colonist of colonial South Carolina. He
established relationships with many Native American Indians in the American southeast. He
initiated trade, primarily in deerskins and slaves, with many Indian towns and tribes.
Apalachee Massacre - Answers (1704) was an episode in Queen Anne's War. Having failed to
take St. Augustine, Florida, in 1702, former governor James Moore of Carolina invaded the
Apalachee district in western Florida with fifty Englishmen and one thousand Creek Indians in
1704. Moore defeated Captain Mexia's force of thirty Spaniards and four hundred Apalachees.
Moore's troops pillaged and destroyed all but one of the fourteen Franciscan mission
settlements and captured about fourteen hundred Christian Indians.
Yamasee War - Answers (1715-1717) was a conflict between British settlers of colonial South
Carolina and various Native American tribes, including the Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba,
Apalachee, Apalachicola, Yuchi, Savannah River Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, Cape
Fear, Cheraw, and others. Some of the Native American Indian groups played a minor role while
others launched attacks throughout South Carolina in an attempt to destroy the colony.
Fort King George - Answers The first British garrison of the Georgia colony. Established in 1721
as the southernmost outpost of British North America, the post became the stronghold for the
coveted southeastern region. Garrisoned from 1721 to 1732, built under the command of
Colonel John "Tuscarora Jack" Barnwell and manned by His Majesty's Independent Company of
Foot.
Fort Frederica - Answers St. Simons Island served as the British military headquarters in colonial
America. During its heyday, from 1736 to 1758, General James Oglethorpe's town and fort
played a pivotal role in the struggle for empire between the competing interests of England and
Spain.
Indentured Servitude - Answers labor under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time,
typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging, and
other necessities. Often used in the late 19th and early 20th century as a replacement of slave
