Georgia History Vocabulary, Semester A Quiz #1

Define "antebellum"

• The years before the Civil War
• People who were against bells
• People who were against war
• The years after the Civil War

What is the Appalachian Plateau?

• The highest point in Georgia
• The largest region of Georgia
• A city in Georgia
• The region of Georgia that is in the northwest corner of the state

What is a preamble?

• A text that introduces a document

• A leisurely walk

• An agreement to stop fighting

• A neighborhood in Atlanta

Name of the document that established the FIRST central government of the United States

• Articles of Confusion
• Articles of Confederation
• Attorney General
• Authorized Gathering

What is one difference between the Trustee colony of Georgia and the royal colony?

• Trustee: nobody could own land  Royal: everybody could own land
• Trustee: Governors were elected Royal: Governors were appointed by the king.
• There is no difference
• Trustee: Slavery was banned. Royal: Slavery was allowed

Where is the Blue Ridge region of Georgia?

• Near the Okefenokee Swamp
• In downtown Atlanta
• Near Savannah
• In the northeastern part of Georgia

What was one consequence of European contact with Native Americans?

• Buffalo became extinct
• European diseases wiped out 90% of the native population within a century.
• European foods like corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash were introduced.
• Native American culture grew in significance.

President Lincoln ordered a  _____________ of the Confederate states in order to keep them from exporting cotton and importing weapons.

• barricade
• parade
• Gatorade
• blockade

In 1733, a group of people assembled on a bluff looking over the _________ to begin building a colonial city.

• Savannah River
• Ogeechee River
• Ocmulgee River
• Altamaha River

What was the 'Constitutional Convention'?

• A kind of building material
• A gathering in Philadelphia that wrote a document to establish the central government of the United States in 1787