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Which statement describes Georgia’s relative location?

a. Georgia is a northeastern state. b. Georgia is located north of Florida. c. Georgia is located in the Southwestern

United States. d. Georgia is located between 30 - 35 degrees

east latitude and between 80 – 85 west longitude.

b. Georgia is located north of Florida.

Into which hemisphere does the prime meridian place Georgia?

  a. eastern hemisphere b. northern hemisphere c. southern hemisphere d. western hemisphere

d. western hemisphere

What is the highest peak in Georgia?

a. Amicalola Falls b. Brasstown Bald c. Cloudland Canyon d. Tallulah Gorge

b. Brasstown Bald

Which Georgia region is described by these phrases?

Smallest region Source of coal deposits

Location of Lookout Mountain

a. Appalachian Plateaub. Blue Ridgec. Piedmont Plateaud. Ridge and Valley

a. Appalachian Plateau

What two regions are separated by the Fall Line?

  a. Appalachian Plateau and Blue

Ridge b. Blue Ridge and Piedmont c. Coastal Plain and Blue Ridge d. Coastal Plain and Piedmont

d. Coastal Plain and Piedmont

Georgia is divided into five different physical regions. Which one of these covers the largest part of the state?

  a. Piedmont b. Coastal Plain c. Appalachians d. Valley and Ridge

b. Coastal Plain

The mountain chain which reaches into northern Georgia is the

  a. Appalachians. b Ozarks. c. Rockies. d. Shenandoah.

a. Appalachians.

What river has its headwaters in the mountains of north Georgia and form part of the

boundary between Georgia and Alabama?  a. Altamaha b. Chattahoochee c. Flint d. Savannah

b. Chattahoochee

The earliest settlement of Georgia by the first English colonists was

along which Georgia river?  a. Altamaha b. Chattahoochee c. Ocmulgee d. Savannah

d. Savannah

What is the primary function of the barrier islands?

  a. They serve as well-stocked hunting

preserves. b. They protect wild horses from

extinction. c. They are frequent targets of hurricanes. d. They protect the beaches from erosion.

d. They protect the beaches from

erosion.

Georgia’s climate attracts business and industry because the state

  a. does not have hurricanes. b. seldom receives much snow. c. rarely experiences tornadoes. d. has a consistently mild

climate.

d. has a consistently mild climate.

Which method of transportation moves the largest amount of freight in

Georgia?  

a. airlines b. railroads c. shipping d. trucks

d. trucks

The oldest known Native American culture in North America was the

  a. Archaic culture. b. Mississippian culture. c. Paleo culture. d. Woodland culture. 

c. Paleo culture.

During which prehistoric period did large game become extinct?

  a. Archaic b. Mississippian c. Paleo d. Woodland 

a. Archaic

The prehistoric culture that developed the bow and arrow for

hunting was the  

a. Archaic culture. b. Mississippi culture. c. Paleo culture. d. Woodland culture.    

d. Woodland culture.

Which prehistoric people were the FIRST to paint and tattoo their bodies?

  a. Archaic b. Mississippian c. Paleo d. Woodland 

b. Mississippian

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

  a. Hernando de Soto b. Ponce de Leon c. Ferdinand Magellan d. Francisco Pizarro

a. Hernando de Soto

The main purpose of the Spanish mission in the barrier islands was to

  a. provide protection for the area’s

European settlers. b. convert the Indians to Catholicism. c. establish trade with Spain. d. claim land for Spain.

b. convert the Indians to Catholicism

The main reason the Spanish explored North America was to

  a. build permanent settlements. b. find gold and riches. c. spread Christianity. d. fight the British.

b. find gold and riches.

The first permanent British settlement in the New World was

built at a. St. Augustine. b. Jamestown. c. Massachusetts Bay. d. Roanoke Island.

b. Jamestown.

The first permanent Spanish settlement in the New World was established at

 a. Jamestown.b. Los Angeles.c. St. Augustine.d. Yamacraw Bluff.

c. St. Augustine.

What was the name of the first British fort constructed in Georgia?

  a. Fort Frederica b. Fort Guale c. Fort King George d. Fort Santa Catalina 

c. Fort King George

One of the reasons given for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a buffer colony. This meant that Georgia

was  

a. a colony for settlement by the poor. b. an outpost for pirates attacking Spanish galleons. c. a military protective zone between English and

Spanish settlements. d. an agricultural station experimenting with new

strains of cotton plant.  

c. a military protective zone between English and Spanish settlements.

When did King George II grant Oglethorpe and his group a charter for the colony of

Georgia?

a. 1492 b. 1607 c. 1732 d. 1776 

c. 1732

What ship brought Oglethorpe and the first colonists to Charleston, then Savannah,

during the winter of 1733?  a. Ann b. Godspeed c. Mayflower d. Santa Maria 

a. Ann

What Indians were led by Tomochichi?

  a. Cherokee b. Creek c. Oconee d. Yamacraw  

d. Yamacraw

Who served as the translator for Oglethorpe in his discussions with

Tomochichi?  a. William Bull b. Robert Montgomery c. Mary Musgrove d. Toonahowi 

c. Mary Musgrove

Where did James Oglethorpe and the first Georgia colonists land when they arrived

in Georgia?  a. Fort Frederica near St. Simons Island b. Fort Pulaski on the Savannah River c. Ossabaw Island on Ossabaw Sound d. Yamacraw Bluff on the Savannah River 

d. Yamacraw Bluff on the Savannah River

Oglethorpe’s plan for the establishment of Savannah could BEST

be described as a

a. poor design for defense against invading armies.b. series of circular roads making travel easy.c. city planned around open squares.d. decaying neighborhood. 

c. city planned around open squares.

Why did German Salzburgers come to Georgia?

a. to escape religious persecution b. to serve out terms for misconduct c. to lead the armed forces for

Oglethorpe d. for the new financial opportunities

available

a. to escape religious persecution

Where did Highland Scots settle in Georgia?

  a. Augusta b. Darien c. New Ebenezer d. Savannah

b. Darien

Who were the malcontents of the early Georgia colony?

  a. people who were unhappy and

constantly complaining. b. officials who examined the contents of

cargo ships. c. foreigners from Germany and Scotland. d. the trustees and their families.

a. people who were unhappy and constantly complaining.

The greatest threat to the Georgia colony came from

  a. Indians who lived in the area. b. Spanish soldiers in Florida. c. the area’s harsh climate. d. new diseases.

d. new diseases.

What was the importance of the Battle of Bloody Marsh?

a. It ended the threat of war from the Native Americans.

b. It demonstrated the strength of the British militia.

c. It resulted in Georgia’s gaining new lands on which to settle.

d. It was the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.

d. It was the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.

Who controlled Georgia after it became a royal colony?

  a. James Oglethorpe b. the people of Georgia c. a bicameral legislature d. the king of Great Britain

d. the king of Great Britain

Who was the first royal governor of Georgia?

  a. Robert Castell b. Robert Montgomery c. James Oglethorpe d. John Reynolds

d. John Reynolds

What effect did the French and Indian War have on Georgia’s growth

and development?  

a. Once the French and Indian tribes were defeated and no longer a threat to Georgia, the colony prospered in a stable and peaceful environment.

b. Georgia gained new lands, new water access for shipping, ample farmland, and rich forests with timber and naval stores.

c. Georgia gained many new settlers who were living in the lands that were added to Georgia’s colonial boundaries.

d. Georgia took possession of several key French forests, which added to Georgia’s defenses against the Spanish.

b. Georgia gained new lands, new water access for shipping, ample farmland, and rich forests with timber and naval stores.

What law forbade colonists to move west of the Appalachian

Mountains?  a. Emancipation Proclamation b. Intolerable Acts c. Missouri Compromise d. Proclamation of 1763

d. Proclamation of 1763

These actions taken by the British were known as the► Closed Boston Harbor to everything but British ships. ► The colonists had to house and feed the British troops. ► British Officials could not be tried in colonial courts for crimes. ► The British Governor was in charge of all the town meetings in Boston. There would no more self-government in Boston.

  a. Intolerable Acts. b. Navigation Acts. c. Stamp Act. d. Tea Act.

a. Intolerable Acts.

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

  a. John Adams b. Benjamin Franklin c. Thomas Jefferson d. Thomas Paine

c. Thomas Jefferson

These activities were supported by most of the  

Committees of Correspondence Boston Tea Party Continental Congress

a. Colonists. b. Loyalists.c. Patriots.d. Royalists.

c. Patriots.

Who was the leader of the militia who led the forces at the Battle of Kettle

Creek?  a. George Washington b. Benjamin Lincoln c. Nathaniel Greene d. Elijah Clarke

d. Elijah Clarke

Who was the black soldier who was seriously wounded at the Battle of

Kettle Creek?  a. Crispus Attucks b. Austin Dabney c. Frederick Douglass d. Agippa Hull

b. Austin Dabney

Who was the female Georgia patriot famous for capturing and killing a group

of Tories during the revolution?  a. Rebecca Felton b. Nancy Hart c. Mary Musgrove d. Molly Pitcher

b. Nancy Hart

Who were the three Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence?

a. Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Noble Wimberly Jones

b. Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ellis, and James Wright

c. George Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett

d. Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and James Wright

c. George Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett

What was the MOST significant result of the siege of Savannah?

  a. The British were pushed out of Georgia. b. The city of Savannah remained in British hands. c. It was the deadliest battle of the Revolutionary

War. d. It was the last major conflict of the

Revolutionary War.

b. The city of Savannah remained in British hands.

The first written plan for the government of the United States was

called the  a. American Constitution. b. Articles of Confederation. c. Colonial Confederation. d. Constitution of the United States.

b. Articles of Confederation.

The U.S. Constitution was actually signed by only two of Georgia’s four delegates. The two signers were William Few and

  a. Abraham Baldwin. b. Button Gwinnett. c. Thomas Jefferson. d. George Walton.

a. Abraham Baldwin.

The First African Baptist Church in Georgia was established in 1788 under the leadership

of Andrew Bryan in? 

a. Savannah b. Brunswick c. Augusta d. Albany 

a. Savannah

What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?

  a. It provided an organized system of

collecting taxes. b. It established a method of counting

population. c. It administered voting and election

districts. d. It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.

d. It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.

What system replaced the headright system as a way of

allocating land?  a. tomahawk rights b. land lottery c. surveying d. land rush

b. land lottery

What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at

below-market prices?  a. Georgia’s land lottery b. Mississippi land fraud c. Trail of Tears fraud d. Yazoo land fraud 

d. Yazoo land fraud

What was invented in Georgia during the 1790s that quickly changed the state

agricultural landscape and led Georgia to develop an economy based on farming?

  a. the combine b. the cotton gin c. the steam engine d. the spinning jenny

b. the cotton gin

Which mode of transportation was developing in Georgia just before the Civil War which was

very important to Georgia’s war effort and post-war economic development?

  a. canals b. highways c. railroads d. riverboats

c. railroads

Who was the Creek leader in the Oconee War between the Creek and

the Georgia pioneers?  a. Elias Boudinot b. Alexander McGillivray c. William McIntosh d. Sequoyah

b. Alexander McGillivray

Why was William McIntosh, a Creek chief, murdered by his own people?

  a. He signed a treaty giving up the last Creek

lands in Georgia to the federal government. b. He was the cousin of Georgia’s Governor

George Troup. c. He fell to defeat in a fight with the Georgia

militia. d. He became friendly with the Cherokee.

a. He signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government.

What was George Gist’s (Sequoyah’s) major contribution to the Cherokee culture?

  a. He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to

the United States. b. He signed a treaty moving the Cherokee to the

Indian Territory. c. He gained fame as a hunter and trapper and

traded the fur for weapons. d. He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee

could have a written language.

d. He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.

What discovery led to the Cherokee losing their land in

Georgia?  a. silver on Creek lands b. gold in Dahlonega c. oil in Columbus d. zinc in Madison

b. gold in Dahlonega

Who was the chief of the Cherokee who took a petition to Congress

protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?

  a. William McIntosh b. Chief Menawa c. John Ross d. Sequoyah

c. John Ross

The intent of the Indian Removal Act was to a. destroy the Native Americans way of life. b. remove the Native Americans from the

eastern United States. c. help the Native Americans buy land east

of the Mississippi River. d. remove the Native Americans to

reservations in the eastern part of the United States.

b. remove the Native Americans from the eastern United States.

In addition to the Cherokee, what Southeastern Native American tribe was

removed from Georgia in the 1830s?  a. Creek b. Seminole c. Sioux d. Yamacraw

a. Creek

The removal of the Cherokee from Georgia is remembered as the?

  a. Long Journey Home b. Overland Trail c. Trail to Nowhere d. Trail of Tears

d. Trail of Tears

What was the major type of labor used on Georgia’s plantations

before the Civil War?  a. indentured servitude b. hourly wage labor c. sharecropping d. slavery

d. slavery

States’ rights can BEST be defined as the belief that states 

a. could not free their states. b. could leave the Union at any time if they

chose to. c. could ignore national laws if they were

harmful to the state. d. could force the national government to

turn over all national government property to the states.

c. could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state.

The early 1800s belief of some people that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law was known as

  a. absolution b. justification c. nullification d. ratification

c. nullification

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to

a. return slaves captured in free states to slave states.

b. allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri. c. maintain a balance of slave and free

states. d. let Missouri have slavery until 1850.

c. maintain a balance of slave and free states.

The “Georgia Platform” was a statement supporting

  a. states’ rights. b. popular sovereignty. c. the Compromise of 1850. d. slavery throughout the United

States

c. the Compromise of 1850.

The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act to  a. require slaves to have citizenship papers

in order to obtain jobs. b. prevent slaves from testifying against

whites in court trials. c. require slaves that had run away to go

back to their owners. d. prevent slaves from having group

gatherings or meetings.

c. require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?

a. It made Missouri a free state. b. It created the territories of Kansas and

Nebraska. c. It permitted slavery north of Missouri’s

southern boundary. d. It changed the requirements necessary

for a territory to become a state.

c. It permitted slavery north of Missouri’s southern boundary.

Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?

a. because he was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere

b. because he did not live long enough in a free territory to be free

c. because Scott was a slave and he was not eligible to sue in court

d. because he returned to a slave state and he could not be freed

c. because Scott was a slave and he was not eligible to sue in court

Which Confederate official was from Georgia?

a. Jefferson Davis, the president b. Lyman Hall, the secretary of state c. Alexander Stephens, the vice president d. William Sherman, the commander-in-

chief

c. Alexander Stephens, the vice president

Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?

a. Antietamb. Gettysburgc. Shilohd. Vicksburg  

a. Antietam

What Union general led the northern army on its’ “March to the Sea” and saw

to it that much of Georgia’s capital resources were destroyed?

 a. Ulysses S. Grantb. Stonewall Jacksonc. Robert E. Leed. William T. Sherman

d. William T. Sherman

Where was a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?

 a. Alcatrazb. Andersonvillec. Belle Isled. Fulton

b. Andersonville

The purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to help?

 a. former slavesb. all free people in the Southc. all poor people in the Southd. former slaves and poor whites

d. former slaves and poor whites

After the Civil War, what system was developed to provide labor to work

the former plantations?  a. Convict Lease b. Farmers’ Alliance c. Knights of Labor d. Sharecropping

d. Sharecropping

Which best describes the differences between sharecropping and tenant farming?

  a. Sharecroppers received a percentage of the crops produced and

could set aside case money to purchase their own land, while tenant farmers had difficulty saving cash.

b. Sharecroppers owned nothing but their labor, while tenant farmers owned farm animals and equipment to use in working other people’s lands.

c. Tenant farmers received a cash salary or wage for their farm work, while sharecroppers received only a portion of the crops they raised.

d. Tenant farmers earned equity or an interest in the land they worked from year to year so that eventually they would own their own property.

b. Sharecroppers owned nothing but their labor, while tenant farmers owned farm animals and equipment to use in working other people’s lands.

What was President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction

called?  a. 10 Percent Plan b. 100 Percent Plan c. Congressional Plan d. Radical Republican Plan

a. 10 Percent Plan

What did the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution do that brought about many

changes in Georgia’s society and economic structure after the Civil War?

  a. It freed the slaves. b. It changed who owned land. c. It gave blacks the right to vote. d. It made blacks United States

citizens.

a. It freed the slaves.

What did the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution do?

  a. It abolished slavery. b. It gave blacks citizenship. c. It gave blacks the right to vote. d. It gave blacks the right to own

property.

c. It gave blacks the right to vote.

Beginning soon after the end of the Civil War, what secret organization used force

and violence to influence Georgia’s society?

 a. United Confederate Veteransb. Free and Accepted Masonsc. Freedmen’s Bureaud. Ku Klux Klan

d. Ku Klux Klan

What was the Georgia Act of 1869?   a. Federal legislation returning Georgia to

military control of KKK terrorism against freedmen

b. Federal legislation refusing to admit Georgia to the Union until it ratified the 13th Amendment

c. State legislation allowing freedmen the right to vote and the right to hold public office

d. State legislation ending Reconstruction in Georgia thanks to its demonstrated success

a. Federal legislation returning Georgia to military control of KKK terrorism against freedmen