Term 1 EOTT Study Guide
1. List the physiographic regions of Georgia.
Appalachian Plateau, Coastal Plains, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Ridge and
Valley.
2. What characteristics define a region?
A region is defined by certain unifying characteristics that may be cultural,
human, or physical.
3. What physiographic feature separates the Piedmont region from the Coastal Plain?
Fall Line
4. What is the purpose of the barrier islands?
To guard the coast of Georgia from erosion and hurricanes.
5. What was the name of the trade policy used during the period of colonization between
the New World and Great Britain?
Mercantilism
6. How did the colonies benefit Great Britain economically?
The colonies enabled Great Britain to manufacture goods to sell to other countries.
7. What factor was necessary to maintain a favorable balance of trade in the 1600s and
1700s?
By exporting more goods than it imported.
8. During the Georgia colonial period, what was Georgia’s number one export?
Naval stores
9. Why did the Archaic people move frequently?
Because of the changing climate from the Ice Age and to find new sources for
food.
10. What made some prehistoric Indian groups begin to have permanent settlements?
Better climate and cultivation of crops.
11. Why are there so few Paleo sites in Georgia?
The Paleo Indians were very nomadic and moved frequently.
12. Who was the first explorer to enter present-day Georgia in 1540?
Hernando de Soto
13. What animals were introduced to the New World by Europeans?
Horses, dogs, pigs, chickens
14. How did de Soto’s march through Georgia change the lives and culture of Native
Americans?
Through violence and diseases killing off many of the Native Americans.
15. What was the name of the first British fort in Georgia?
Ft. King George
16. What 3 European countries were major colonizers in the New World?
France, Spain, Great Britain
17. Where was the first permanent British settlement in the New World built?
Jamestown, VA
18. What ship transported Oglethorpe and Georgia’s first colonists from England to North
America?
The ship Anne
19. What type of people did Oglethorpe want to bring over to Georgia?
Poor but worthy ( people who had been in jail because of owing debt)
20. Why did James Oglethorpe suggest forming a colony for the poor?
To alleviate the prisons of people imprisoned because of debts owed.
21. Name the 3 reasons for the formation of Georgia as a colony.
Charity—For the debtors in Great Britain
Defense—To serve as a buffer colony between Spanish Florida and Great
Britain’s South Carolina.
Economic—Producing raw materials to send to Great Britain (Indigo for dye,
mulberry trees for silk worms, rice, tobacco)
22. What did Georgia’s Charter of 1732 NOT include?
The Charter of 1732 did not include a creation of a local government.
23. What Indians were led by Tomochichi?
The Yamacraw Indians
24. What groups of people were not allowed in the Georgia colony?
Slaves, Catholics, Lawyers, and Convicted Felons (murderers, thieves, etc)
25. Who were the malcontents of the early Georgia colony?
People who were unhappy and constantly complaining.
26. What was the importance of the Battle of Bloody Marsh?
It was the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
27. What group came to the aid of James Oglethorpe in the Battle of Bloody Marsh?
Highland Scots
28. Name the 3 royal governors.
John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
29. Why did Governor Reynolds disband the legislature?
There was a disagreement on how to improve military defenses.
30. Which royal governor permitted slavery in Georgia, made farms more profitable, and
increased the number of merchants selling goods?
Henry Ellis
31. Who was the governor of Georgia when the last of the palisades were built around
Savannah, Sunbury became Georgia’s main port of entry, and the term Crackers was used
to refer to undesirables?
James Wright