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Test Description: 1st GA Studies Game
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1) Which Spanish explorer is credited with discovering Georgia?
A
Horatio Hornblower
B
James Oglethorpe
C
Hernando De Soto
D
Ferdinand Cortez
2) What word completes this motivation for Spanish exploration? _______, gold, glory!
A
Goal
B
barrier islands
C
Goliath
D
God
3) What was the result of De Soto's contact with native people in Georgia?
A
They went to war with each other creating what is now known as the American Revolution.
B
He was killed by a group of natives near Dahlonega.
C
Many greeted him as a great person and they created Savannah.
D
Many natives died of diseases carried by Europeans.
4) Who worked as a translator during the negotiations that founded Savannah?
A
Tomochichi
B
Nancy Hart
C
Mary Tyler Moore
D
Mary Musgrove
5) What cash crop did Oglethorpe promise to harvest for King George?
A
cotton
B
bananas
C
peaches
D
Rice
6) What immigrant group helped to protect the colony from the Spanish threat in Florida?
A
the Salzburgers
B
the Highland Scots
C
the Spanish missions
D
the Moravians
7) What was the main complaint of the malcontents?
A
They wanted the freedom to own slaves and grow grapes for wine.
B
They didn't want to pay taxes.
C
They wanted the freedom to own slaves and buy large tracts of land to create plantations.
D
They wanted higher taxes and the abolition of slavery in the colony.
8) What Yamacraw chief negotiated the settlement of Savannah with Oglethorpe?
A
Sitting Bull
B
Knockahoma
C
Geronimo
D
Tomochichi
9) Who did Oglethorpe hope to help with the colony of Georgia?
A
Native Americans
B
Australians
C
debtors
D
Jewish people from Austria
10) Which of the following were not allowed to settle in Georgia?
A
lawyers
B
Jews
C
Abolitionists
D
Christians
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