Social Studies October Test

Question 1

Why did the GA Indians build mounds like the Etowah Mounds?

Answer 1

to be used for template and burials places

Question 2

This group of Protestants were allowed to settle in GA after suffering religious persecution in Europe. They established the towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer along the Savannah River

Answer 2

Salzburgers

Question 3

T of F: Cotton was one of the most important crops grown in the GA colony.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What was one of the most important crops grown in the GA colony?

Answer 4

Indigo

Question 5

Britain established colonies in the southeast to benefit from what?

Answer 5

agriculture

Question 6

What were three effects of GA becoming a royal colony?

Answer 6

1. Slavery was permitted in
2. Alcohol became legal
3. Land ownership policies were relaxed

Question 7

Which group settled in GA without much financial assistance?

Answer 7

Malcontents

Question 8

What was one reason England established the GA colony?

Answer 8

They wanted a buffer state to prevent Spanish and Native American invasions of South Carolina

Question 9

According to the Charter of 1732, who would be in charge of governing the GA colony?

Answer 9

A Board of Trustees

Question 10

What were three results of de Soto’s expedition through the Southeast?

Answer 10

1. There was an increase in Native American attacks on outsiders
2. Smallpox spread rapidly, killing about 1/3 of the Native American population
3. DeSoto and almost 1/2 of this men died from disease

Question 11

How did the Creek living in GA obtain resources?

Answer 11

They cultivated crops and hunted

Question 12

T or F: One of the reasons colonists were dissatisfies with the policies of the trustees was that the colonists could not own slaves?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Native Americans in GA did not have access to what until after contact with Europeans?

Answer 13

muskets

Question 14

Who was the first European to explore present-day GA?

Answer 14

Hernando de Soto

Question 15

Tomochichi allowed James Oglethorpe and the colonists to establish which settlement?

Answer 15

Savannah at Yamacraw

Question 16

Which countries reason for exploration was God, Glory, and Gold?

Answer 16

Spain

Question 17

T or F: Under the Trustee Period in GA (1733-1752), there was no elected assembly to make laws?

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Who was James Oglethorpe?

Answer 18

1. Member of the British Parliament and one of the Trustees of the GA Colony
2. Allowed groups of Jewish, Scottish, and German immigrants to settle in GA
3. Befriended Tomochichi

Question 19

Name three facts about Mary Musgrove?

Answer 19

1. She was half-English, half American Indian trader living in North America
2. She acted as a translator between Tomochichi and James Oglethorpe
3. She ended up submitting land claims to the British government because she did not feel she was compensated for her service

Question 20

What group was not allowed to settle in GA until after the American Revolution?

Answer 20

Catholics

Question 21

What group was allowed to settle in GA because they helped provide defense to the southern border from invasion by Spain?

Answer 21

Highland Scots

Question 22

What were three results of the Catholic missions of American Indians in GA?

Answer 22

1. Rapid population decline
2. Increase violence toward outsiders
3. Collapse of traditional social structures and abandonment of traditional belief systems

Question 23

What was the main purpose of Spanish missions in Georgia?

Answer 23

To convert American Indians to the Catholic faith