Unit 1 Study Guide

In which period would Native Americans have been MOST likely to practice hunting and gathering?

• Archaic Period

• Settler period

• Woodland period

• Mississippian period

What effect did Hernando de Soto's expedition in Georgia have on American Indians there?

• it caused a mass migration of American Indians from Georgia

• it began a long-term trading relationship with American Indians

• it inspired American Indians to join the Spanish mission system

• it brought illnesses that caused American Indian population loss

Which of Georgia's physical features can be classified as a wetland and, as such, has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge and a National Wilderness Area?

• Fall Line

• Okefenokee Swamp

• Barrier Island

• Savannah River

Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, and Macon can all be classified as being a part of which Georgia?

• Coastal Plains

• Blue Ridge

• Piedmont

• Ridge and Valley

The boundary between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain is known as the

• Barrier Island

• Chattahoochee River

• Savannah River

• Fall Line

What protects Georgia from damage by storms and hurricanes?

• Fall Line

• Barrier Island

• Florida Boarder Line

• Savannah River

The state of Georgia is located on what continent?

• United States

• South America

• North America

• Europe

The "Fall Line" is the dividing point between which two geographic regions in Georgia?

• Piedmont and Coastal Plains

• Blue Ridge and Piedmont

• Blue Ridge and Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian and Valley & Ridge

The blue line represents what Georgia river?

• Flint River

• Savannah River

• Chattahoochee River

• Okefenokee River

These are all describing what Georgia river?

• Flint

• Savannah

• Tybee Island

• Chattahoochee