First Nine Weeks Study Guide

Standard SS8H2 Test (Unit 2)

1.  Hernando de Soto was responsible for bringing disease to the Native Americans.  What happened to the Native Americans?

2.  Columbus’s explorations benefited Spain in which of the following ways?

3.  Who founded a colony that was created for the Quakers for their beliefs?

4.  Which region had the most slaves?

5.  What do you call a person who came to America and then paid back their debts by working as a servant for 5-7 years?

6.  Which of the following was not a location of the Triangular Trade?

7. Spanish explorers transmitted all of the following diseases with Native Americans EXCEPT

8. _________________ was the first European to come to Georgia.

9. One of the main purposes of the Spanish missions in Georgia was to keep the _________ out.

10. The French came to the “New World” to find ___________________.

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12. Spanish ownership of __________________ was a key motivator for the founding of _____________.

13. ____________ were responsible for killing more Indians than __________________.

14. One impact of Spanish missions along the coast of Georgia was that

15. Spanish explorers were known as _____________.

16. ___________________ was/were NOT an impact of de Soto’s explorations in Georgia.

17.  What was the name of the treaty that Oglethorpe and the Creek Indians signed?

   

18.  What was the name of the Spanish mission located on one of Georgia’s barrier islands?

19.  Who was responsible for the Methodist movement?

20.  The Georgia colonists arrived to their new colony in _________________________ on the ship ____________.

21.  What were the purposes for the new colony of Georgia?

22.  Who argued for prison reform in England and founded the colony of Georgia?

23.  List all of the major rules for the new colony of Georgia.

    

24.  List the reasons the British wanted to colonize in the New World?

25.  _________________________________ was a successful battle, won by British Georgia, in 1742 that lasted an hour and was led by James Oglethorpe.

  

26.  Why were colonists required to plant mulberry trees?

27.  Who was the first royal governor of Georgia?

28.  What Indians were led by Tomochichi?

29.  Oglethorpe selected a place seventeen miles from the mouth of the Savannah River called:

30. What/why was  Georgia settled in order to provide?

31.  _______________ is an economic theory in which government controls trade and attempts to transfer wealth from colonies to the parent country.

32.  ____________________ worked as translators for the original Georgia settlers.

33.  What was the name of the nobleman from Scotland who, along with two partners, wanted to create a colony to be called the “Margravate of Azilia?”

34.  Who granted Georgia’s charter in 1732? Who was the Georgia named after?

35.  What did Georgia’s charter of 1732 did not outlaw?

36.  List the Southern colonies cash crops?

37.  _________________________ is a person who sold his/her labor to a person in return for passage to the New World.

38.  Which term best describes the kind of people Oglethorpe and his associates wanted to bring to Georgia:

39.  Which group of people was NOT among the earliest Georgia settlers?

40.  What eliminated the Spanish threat in Florida?

41.  Tomochichi allowed James Oglethorpe to settle on a bluff overlooking which river?

42.  Why did James Oglethorpe suggest forming a colony for the poor?

43.  Georgia’s first settlement was made near what present-day city?

44.  Where were the first Georgia settlements were located?

45.  List the New England colonies?

46.  List the Middle Colonies

47.  List the  Southern Colonies

48.  The Huguenots wanted to escape religious persecution from which country?

49.  Santa Catalina de Guale was located off the coast of _____________________.

50.  Name the greatest threat to the Georgia colony.