Georgia Studies Semester 1 Exam Review

What Georgian signed the Declaration of Independence?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Abraham Baldwin
• Button Gwinnett
• William Few

Which scandal occurred when Georgia's governor and some legislators accepted bribes to sell public land?

• land lottery
• Yazoo Land Fraud
• Louisiana Purchase
• headright system

Which of the following is a duty of every citizen?

• pay taxes
• run for governor
• buy a house
• join a political party

How does the executive branch keep the legislative branch in check?

• by making laws
• by educating them
• through impeachment
• with veto power

Who is the presiding officer (person in charge) of the Georgia Senate?

• President
• Lieutenant Governor
• Speaker of the House
• Secretary of State

Which of the following is the first step for a bill to become a law?

• it is considered by a committee
• the legislators vote on it
• the Governor vetoes it
• the people vote

What happens to a bill if the governor doesn't sign it or veto it?

• it goes back to the Senate
• it goes back to the House
• the bill is dead
• it becomes law anyways

Who was the Georgian who helped bring about the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

• Abraham Baldwin
• Lyman Hall
• William Sherman
• John Ross

What items did Oglethorpe promise the colonists would produce in the Georgia Colony?

• rice, cotton, tobacco
• wine, indigo, silk
• cloth, ammunition, cotton
• peanuts, peaches cotton

What was the main purpose of the Spanish missions?

• claim land for Spain
• establish trade with Spain
• convert the Natives to Catholicism (Christianity)
• provide protection to the colonists