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Which Spanish explorer is credited with discovering Georgia?
a) Ferdinand Cortez
b) Hernando De Soto
c) James Oglethorpe
d) Horatio Hornblower

What word completes this motivation for Spanish exploration? _______, gold, glory!
a) God
b) Goal
c) Goliath
d) barrier islands

What was the result of De Soto's contact with native people in Georgia?
a) Many greeted him as a great person and they created Savannah.
b) He was killed by a group of natives near Dahlonega.
c) Many natives died of diseases carried by Europeans.
d) They went to war with each other creating what is now known as the American Revolution.

Who worked as a translator during the negotiations that founded Savannah?
a) Nancy Hart
b) Mary Tyler Moore
c) Tomochichi
d) Mary Musgrove

What cash crop did Oglethorpe promise to harvest for King George?
a) Rice
b) cotton
c) peaches
d) bananas

What immigrant group helped to protect the colony from the Spanish threat in Florida?
a) the Highland Scots
b) the Moravians
c) the Salzburgers
d) the Spanish missions

What was the main complaint of the malcontents?
a) They wanted the freedom to own slaves and grow grapes for wine.
b) They wanted the freedom to own slaves and buy large tracts of land to create plantations.
c) They didn't want to pay taxes.
d) They wanted higher taxes and the abolition of slavery in the colony.

What Yamacraw chief negotiated the settlement of Savannah with Oglethorpe?
a) Geronimo
b) Sitting Bull
c) Tomochichi
d) Knockahoma

Who did Oglethorpe hope to help with the colony of Georgia?
a) debtors
b) Jewish people from Austria
c) Australians
d) Native Americans

Which of the following were not allowed to settle in Georgia?
a) Jews
b) Abolitionists
c) Christians
d) lawyers

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