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Colonial Georgia Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Group that settled on the Altmaha river and later named their settlement Darien. They were hard workers and skilled fighters

a)

Salzburgers

b)

Higland Scots

c)

Worthy Poor

d)

Jews

2.

Period of Georgia where people were appointed to oversee the Georgia colony for the King. There were 21 of these and James Oglethorpe was the first to come.

a)

Royal Colony Period

b)

Trustee Period

c)

Settlers Period

d)

Spanish Escape Period

3.

Document of rules signed by the king. Detailed how the colony of Georgia would be ran.

a)

Constitution of Georgia

b)

Charter of Georgia 1732

c)

Articles of Confederation of Georgia

d)

English Constitution

4.

Mississippian material to help build their shelters

a)

Palisades and Moats

b)

Brick and mortar

c)

Lumber and Grass

d)

Wattle and Daub

5.

Spanish explorer that was one of the first to explore current day Georgia.

a)

Christopher Colombus

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Hernando De Soto

d)

Juan Ponce De Leon

6.

Group of settlers that were not happy with the trustee rule of no slavery and liquor

a)

Salzburgers

b)

Highland Scots

c)

Malcontents

d)

20 Trustees

7.

Georgia colony set up to promote this concept of helping the worthy poor

a)

Economics

b)

Defense

c)

Philanthropy

d)

Good Deeds

8.

Head chief of the Yamacraw tribe that used Mary Musgrove as a translator between himself and James Oglethorpe

a)

John Musgrove

b)

Chief Yamasee

c)

John Reynolds

d)

Tomochichi

9.

These people were allowed to settle in Georgia because at the time they could provide care for the sick people on the colony.

a)

Malcontents

b)

Salzburgers

c)

Highland Scots

d)

Jewish

10.

The economic theory that more raw materials being produced and sent back to a mother country would provide more manufactured goods and trade competition increase.

a)

Barter

b)

Philanthropy

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Exploration

11.

People being owned and forced to work in conditions with no pay to help owners of land to become wealthier.

a)

Indentured servants

b)

Slaves

c)

Worthy Poor

d)

Malcontents

12.

Colony directly governed by a King appointee

a)

Trustee

b)

Owner

c)

Royal

d)

Slave