Native Americans and Exploration

1.

1 point

As a colony, Georgia could offer protection for the English colony in South Carolina from what three groups?

Spanish, French, Native Americans

Spanish, French, English

French, English, Italians

Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward

2.

1 point

Why did Georgia's earliest settlers experience such discontent?

They had trouble with the Yamacraw Indians.

Their land was not productive.

They were not as successful as South Carolinians who used slave labor.

They were denied religious freedom.

3.

1 point

Which country was NOT a major colonizer of the New World?

France

Spain

England

Italy

4.

1 point

Which was NOT a primary motive for European explorations in the New World?

Discovery of new trade routes, gold and riches

Learning new agricultural methods and techniques

Gaining world power and position as a nation

Bringing Christianity to the New World natives and escaping religious persecution

5.

1 point

Which Spanish explorer traveled through Georgia searching for gold?

Hernando de Soto

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernando Cortes

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

6.

1 point

When Columbus landed on the Caribbean island he named San Salvador, he believed he had landed on the coast of

Japan

Egypt

India

America

7.

1 point

Which definition BEST explains the British policy known as "mercantilism?"

A trade policy whereby a nation imports less than it exports

A military policy for defending colonial outposts

A trade policy that calls for opening trade routes to the Far East

A military policy that calls for establishing buffer colonies to protect established British settlements

8.

1 point

Who was the interpreter that helped Oglethorpe and Chief Tomochichi to develop a close friendship?

Hernando de Soto

King Ferdinand

Roger Rabbit

Mary Musgrove

9.

1 point

Which group of Indians lived in the area where Oglethorpe led his Georgia colonists?

Seminoles

Guale

Yamacraw

Cherokee

10.

1 point

Which condition in England inspired James Oglethorpe to plan a colony in Georgia?

The government was too strict in England

A large number of debtors in England

To allow wealthy families to purchase large tracts of land

The Black Plague was claiming too many lives in England

11.

1 point

Why was South Carolina so pleased to have Georgia become Great Britain's thirteenth colony?

Georgia offered two more ports to which to export goods to Great Britain

Georgia provided a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish

Georgia provided more mulberry trees for the silkworms to eat

Georgia attracted the Indians who were attacking South Carolina

12.

1 point

What was the first city built in Georgia by Oglethorpe and the settlers?

Atlanta

Cedartown

Georgiaville

Savannah

13.

1 point

Who was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians that Oglethorpe and the settlers encountered in Georgia?

Geronimo

Little Big Horn

Tomochichi

Bear Claw

14.

1 point

What was the first European city built in the New World?

Jamestown, Virginia

St. Augustine, Florida

Fargo, North Dakota

Atlanta, GA

15.

1 point

As a result of European exploration, what killed more Native Americans than anything else?

disease

wild animals

war

slavery

16.

1 point

King Georgia II granted Oglethorpe a charter for the 13th colony in

1732

1492

1776

1607

17.

1 point

How many colonies did the British establish along the Atlantic coast of what is now the United States?

13

100

21

50

18.

1 point

What were the three main European powers that were exploring the New World?

Georgia, Hawaii, Alabama

France, Spain, Italy

France, Spain, England

England, Canada, Spain

19.

1 point

In what current day state in Hernando de Soto begin his voyage of exploration of the New World?

New York

California

Virginia

Florida

20.

1 point

What was the oldest of the 4 prehistoric groups we discussed?

Paleo

Woodland

Archaic

Mississippian