Milestones Practice Test, Part 1

The border between the Georgia Piedmont and the Coastal Plain marks the point at which rivers drop in elevation creating waterfalls.  This border is known as the

• Fall Line
• Tallulah Gorge
• Savannah River
• Okefenokee Swamp

Who was the first European explorer to enter present day Georgia?

• Ponce de Leon
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernando de Soto
• Francisco Pizarro

What was the most devastating effect of European exploration on Native Americans?

• the introduction of the horse
• the spread of disease
• the introduction of guns
• the spread of Christianity

James Oglethorpe founded a colony in America to

• mine gold and other valuable minerals
• provide a refuge for persecuted Native Americans
• help the poor of England get a new start
• increase slavery in the colonies

Who were the malcontents of the early Georgia colony?

• people who were unhappy with the policies of the trustees
• officials who examined the contents of cargo ships
• foreigners from Germany and Scotland
• the trustees and their families

How did life in Georgia change in 1752?

• it became a state
• it seceded from the union
• it became a royal colony
• it became a trustee colony

Which is the MOST LIKELY reason that Britain taxed goods in the colonies?

• to pay to erect buildings in the colonies
• to punish colonists for drinking tea
• to pay for war debt
• to bring more enslaved people to the colonies

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the American Revolution?

• French and Indian War
• Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts
• Treaty of Savannah
• Declaration of Independence

Why did the patriots want independence from British rule?

• They wanted to have their own king
• They thought that the taxes were unfair
• The British government gave the colonists too much freedom
• They wanted to be ruled by Spain

Which methods did Georgia use to distribute land in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

• collective bargaining and issuing bonds
• speculation and sharecropping
• the headright system and the land lottery
• the land-use plan and the embargo system