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What continent is Georgia located on?
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North America
2
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What two hemispheres is Georgia located in?
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Northern and Western
3
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What country is Georgia a part of?
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United States
4
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What region of the United States is Georgia located in?
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Southeastern
5
Q
What region of Georgia contains the biggest population, red clay, and is known for its poultry and car manufacturing?
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Piedmont
6
Q
What region of Georgia is known for its carpet production?
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Ridge and Valley
7
Q
What region of Georgia known for its agriculture?
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Coastal Plain
8
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What region of Georgia has the most precipitation?
A
Blue Ridge
9
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What region of Georgia is nicknamed the TAG region and is the only source of coal?
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Appalachian Plateau
10
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What is the natural boundary that separates the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain?
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Fall Line
11
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What is the largest freshwater swamp in North America?
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Okeefenokee Swamp
12
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What is the mountain chain that extends from Georgia to Maine?
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Appalachian Mountains
13
Q
What is the river that forms the border between Georgia and Alabama?
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Chattahoochee River
14
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What is the river that forms a boundary between Georgia and South Carolina?
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Savannah River
15
Q
What protects Georgia’s mainland from wind and water erosion?
A
Barrier Islands
16
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What are Georgia’s four main transportation systems?
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Deep Water Ports, Interstate Highways, Railroads, Hartsfield Jackson Airport
17
Q
What is the prehistoric Indian group that lived in Georgia when the Europeans began exploring?
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Mississippians
18
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What is the type of society of the Mississippians that consisted of elites and commoners?
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Chiefdom
19
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What was mainly used for religious ceremonies and burial?
A
mounds
20
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What shelters were built with mud, sticks, and clay that the Mississippians lived in?
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Wattle and Daub
21
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What is the large fence that surrounded the Mississippian village?
A
Palisades
22
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What did Mississippians practice that was a form of garden management?
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Horticulture
23
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What was the dominant crop of the Mississippians?
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maize
24
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Besides fishing and horticulture, how did the Mississippians go about getting their food?
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hunting and gathering
25
What was the primary weapon of the Mississippians?
bow and arrow
26
After European exploration, many Mississippians reorganized into what two tribes?
Cherokee and Creek
27
What was the primary reason for European exploration?
economics
28
What was the main reason for French exploration?
fur trade
29
What was the main reason for English exploration?
mercantilism
30
What were the three reasons for Spanish exploration?
God, gold, and glory
31
Who is considered the first European to explore Georgia?
Hernando De Soto
32
What Indian group did DeSoto virtually destroy?
Mississippian
33
DeSoto's expedition was considered a failure because he never found any _______.
gold
34
What were mainly located on Georgia's barrier islands and were used to convert the natives to Christianity?
missions
35
Georgia was created as a ________ colony to defend South Carolina against the Spanish in Florida?
buffer
36
Who is considered the founder of Georgia?
James Ogelthorpe
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Who did Oglethorpe hope would come to the Georgia colony?
worthy poor
38
What document set up the colony of Georgia?
Charter of 1732
39
What were the three reasons for the founding of Georgia?
economics, philanthropy, and defense
40
Georgia grew crops and then sent them to England for England to sell for a profit. What is this an example of?
mercantilism
41
What five crops did the Trustees hope Georgia would be able to grow?
rice, wine, silk, indigo, and tobacco
42
Who were the 21 individuals named by King George II to govern the new colony of Georgia?
trustees
43
What were the three main rules of the Georgia colony?
no alcohol, no slavery, limits on land ownership
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What piece of land was Georgia's first city, Savannah built on?
Yamacraw Bluff
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Who was the Chief of the Yamacraw Indians who formed a long lasting relationship with Oglethorpe?
Chief Tomochichi
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Who served as the translator between Oglethorpe and Tomichichi?
Mary Musgrove
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Of the three reasons for founding Georgia, which was Georgia most successful?
defense
48
How was the city of Savannah set up?
grids/squares
49
What three reasons caused the Trustees period of Georgia to fall?
crops failed, unhappiness with rules, Spanish threats
50
Who were the group of hardworking German immigrants who developed a water powered grist mill and had success with silk?
Salzburgers
51
Who was recruited to the Georgia colony for being the best soldiers in the world?
Highland Scots
52
What ended the Spanish threat in Georgia?
Battle of Bloody Marsh
53
Who were the colonists who were upset with the Trustee rules?
Malcontents
54
Why was Georgia successful as a Royal colony?
Financial success
55
Who were Georgia's three royal governors listed in order?
John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
56
Why was Georgia the most loyal to Great Britain?
Youngest colony, slavery, respected James Wright
57
What caused Great Britain to go into debt and begin taxing the American colonies?
the French and Indian War
58
After the French and Indian War, what of Georgia's changed?
Boundaries
59
What forbade colonists from settling west past the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
60
What act put a tax on all paper products?
Stamp Act
61
What Georgia group formed to protest the Stamp Act?
Liberty Boys
62
What phrase was used by colonists during the Revolution that represented why they were upset with the taxes?
No taxation without representation
63
Who was the Royal Governor of Georgia during the Revolution?
James Wright
64
What document officially declared the colonies independence?
The Declaration of Independence
65
Who were the three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Lyman Hall, Georgia Walton, and Button Gwinnett
66
What are the three parts of the Declaration of Independence?
the Preamble, List of Grievances, the Actual Declaration
67
Who were loyal to the British and did not want the colonies to break away from the mother country?
Loyalists
68
What group wanted independence from Great Britain?
the Patriots
69
What Georgia battle did the Patriots win causing their confidence to be boosted?
the Battle of Kettle Creek
70
What Georgia battle did the Patriots lose that caused Savannah to remain in British hands for the remainder of the war?
The Siege of Savannah
71
What was the United States first Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
72
What were three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
couldn't tax, couldn't regulate, weak central government
73
What was the meeting where the Articles of Confederation were going to be revised but a new constitution was made instead?
Constitutional Convention
74
What was the compromise that allowed for slaves to count toward population as 3/5 of a person?
Three-fifths Compromise
75
What compromise created a bicameral legislature (House of Rep and Senate)?
The Great Compromise
76
What were the two Georgia signers of the US Constitution?
Abraham Baldwin and William Few
77
What was the first public university in America?
The University of Georgia
78
Why did Georgia's capitals keep changing?
westward movement of a growing population
79
List Georgia's capitals in order
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
80
How was Atlanta created and what was its original name?
Railroads and Terminus
81
What land policy gave land to Revolutionary war veterans and heads of households?
Head right system
82
What land policy sold present day Alabama and Mississippi to four land companies?
Yazoo Act
83
What land policy gave the average Georgian the chance to gain a large amount of land for very little money?
Land Lotteries
84
What was the controversy surrounding the Yazoo Act?
Yazoo Land Fraud
85
Who invented the cotton gin and what was it used for?
Eli Whitney; to clean cotton
86
What was a major negative effect of the cotton gin?
increased slavery
87
What invention changed the way products were transported in Georgia?
railroads
88
Which group of Indians had the most land and most people in Georgia?
Muscogee (Creek)
89
Who was the Muscogee (Creek) chief who signed away Creek land in Georgia?
William McIntosh
90
What did McIntosh sign that gave away all of the Creek land?
The Treaty of Indian Springs
91
What did the Cherokee believe was the best way to keep their land in Georgia?
Become civilized
92
What was the court case that declared the Cherokee independent?
Worcester v. Georgia
93
Who refused to enforce the Worcester v. Georgia decision?
Andrew Jackson
94
Who was the chief of the Cherokee nation?
John RossW
95
What was the forced westward march of the Cherokee called?
Trail of Tears
96
What event sped up the removal of the Cherokee in Georgia?
Dahlonega Gold Rush
97
What two important issues increased tension between the North and South?
slavery and state's rights
98
Who spoke out against the evils of slavery and wanted to end it?
Abolitionists
99
What was the state's rights issue over tariffs where Southerners were forced to buy northern goods and South Carolina refused to pay the tax?
Nullification Crisis
100
What was the compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the Union in exchange for the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850
101
What Georgia politician supported the Compromise of 1850 was instrumental in the formation of the Georgia platform, and served as Vice President of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
102
What law from 1850 made it a crime for people in free states to help or hide runaway slaves and required Northerners to return runaways to their owners?
Fugitive Slave Act
103
What Supreme Court case declared enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and fueled the tensions between the North and South?
Dred Scott Case
104
The Dred Scott decision was considered a victory for the North or South?
South
105
Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
106
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
Republican
107
What was the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent (the withdrawal of 11 different states from the Union in 1860)?
Secession
Seventh/Eighth Grade
flashcards
Decks in class (38)
# Cards
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Argumentative Writing15
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Social Studies - Religion and Ethnic Test36
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Unit 2 Study Guide4
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Mitosis Test14
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Science Test Week 1317
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Change and Continuity in SW Asia Test40
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Southern and Eastern Asia32
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7.3 Post Test Lit8
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Science Mid Term53
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Social Studies Midterm57
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Southern and Eastern Asia Religion36
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Genetics Test28
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Rebuilding Japan21
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Evolution Test19
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African Regions35
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Mississippian Era Native Americans13
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Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes38
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Inequalities Vocabulary12
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American Indians & European Explorers31
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Atomic Structure31
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Science - Unit 1 Test 214
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Unit 4 Social Studies Quiz13
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Unit 4 Social Studies Test44
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Unit 3 Study Guide38
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Georgia Development Quiz63
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Georgia Studies Midterm107
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Science Midterm44
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Verb Moods20
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Waves30
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Georgia and the Civil War Unit 640
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Unit 8 Reconstruction and the New South17
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Perfect Squares up to 40021
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Unit 8 Test Social Studies - Reconstruction and the New South45
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Waves Test24
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Unit 8 The Great Depression and World Wars29
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Unit 9 Social Studies Test38
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Unit 5 Science Test20
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Unit 10 Social Studies41
