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Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
5 major regions of Georgia Ans: Plateau
Ridge & Valley
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
East Gulf Coastal plain
Atlantic Coastal plain
Coastal plain Ans: Atlantic ocean to 150mi inland to fall line
60% of state
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Piedmont Ans: rolling hills (foothills)
most fertile/populous
30% of state
Blue Ridge Ans: Tallest mountains/rocky slopes
Plateau Ans: Northwest
smallest region of GA
Ridge and Valley Ans: North between Plateau/Blue Ridge
rich soils/pastures/hardwoods
Native Americans in Mississippian period called Ans: Mound
Builders-built houses of clay and earthen mounds
Mound builders settled Ans: near rivers
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long growing season
large deer populations
Mound builders society Ans: villages joined under single
cheifdom, stratified and hierarchical society
Hernando de Soto Ans: Spanish conquistador that encountered
NA of Mississippian period
Georgia's oldest known european settlement Ans: Santina
Catalina de Guale
Spainards exploring in 1540 with Hernando de Soto Ans: were
reduced by disease, exposure, warfare
Native Americans that survived early explorations of GA Ans:
Cherokee
Creek
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Native Americans were devastated by what Ans: smallpox
measles
Guale Ans: main chief of NA on GA coastal islands of St.
Catherine's (reason the Spanish called GA Santina Catalina de
Guale)
other European nations that were looking to settle North America
Ans: France-set on Canada
English-North American eastern seaboard
reasons for establishment of GA Ans: Philanthropic: new start for
worthy poor of Englad/refuge for Protestants in Europe
Military: establish defensive buffer against Spanish in FL
Economic: increase Britian's wealth/produce exotic items like silk,
wine, olives
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Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
5 major regions of Georgia Ans: Plateau
Ridge & Valley
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
East Gulf Coastal plain
Atlantic Coastal plain
Coastal plain Ans: Atlantic ocean to 150mi inland to fall line
60% of state
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Piedmont Ans: rolling hills (foothills)
most fertile/populous
30% of state
Blue Ridge Ans: Tallest mountains/rocky slopes
Plateau Ans: Northwest
smallest region of GA
Ridge and Valley Ans: North between Plateau/Blue Ridge
rich soils/pastures/hardwoods
Native Americans in Mississippian period called Ans: Mound
Builders-built houses of clay and earthen mounds
Mound builders settled Ans: near rivers
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long growing season
large deer populations
Mound builders society Ans: villages joined under single
cheifdom, stratified and hierarchical society
Hernando de Soto Ans: Spanish conquistador that encountered
NA of Mississippian period
Georgia's oldest known european settlement Ans: Santina
Catalina de Guale
Spainards exploring in 1540 with Hernando de Soto Ans: were
reduced by disease, exposure, warfare
Native Americans that survived early explorations of GA Ans:
Cherokee
Creek
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Native Americans were devastated by what Ans: smallpox
measles
Guale Ans: main chief of NA on GA coastal islands of St.
Catherine's (reason the Spanish called GA Santina Catalina de
Guale)
other European nations that were looking to settle North America
Ans: France-set on Canada
English-North American eastern seaboard
reasons for establishment of GA Ans: Philanthropic: new start for
worthy poor of Englad/refuge for Protestants in Europe
Military: establish defensive buffer against Spanish in FL
Economic: increase Britian's wealth/produce exotic items like silk,
wine, olives
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