CPC1B Pop Quiz

The "Carpet Capital of The World" is in Dalton, GA. Which region is Dalton, GA in?

• Appalachian Plateau

• Valley and Ridge

• Blue Ridge

• Piedmont

The only region with any significant coal deposits is the

• Appalachian Plateau

• Valley and Ridge

• Blue Ridge

• Piedmont

The state capitol of Atlanta is in which region?

• Appalachian Plateau

• Valley and Ridge

• Blue Ridge

• Piedmont

Which three states were part of the Federal Law Suit known at the "Tri-States Water War" over the water rights to the Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola river basins?

• Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina

• Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana

• Alabama, Florida, Georgia

• Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina

Georgia is located on which two hemispheres?

• Southern and Eastern

• Northern and Western

• Northern and Southern

• Eastern and Northern

The growth, population rise, and industrialization of all of these Georgia cities is due to its location along the Fall Line EXCEPT which city?

• Columbus

• Macon

• Augusta

• Atlanta

Philanthropy, Economics, and Defense were the three reasons for the founding of the Georgia colony. What was meant by the term "Defense?"

• To make sure the colony was financially sound.

• To protect the valuable Carolina plantations from attack from the south by the Spanish, French, or Native Americans

• To give less fortunate British subjects a fresh start in the new world

• To make money for the Trustees so they could buy huge plantations

Which early Native American Indian culture built earthen mounds and lived in chiefdoms?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

What was the primary economic factor for the British to found the Georgia colony?

• To sell land to wealthy Americans

• To have close proximity so they could attack their enemies, The Spanish, in Florida.

• To grow valuable crops that would not grow in England and ship them back to England.

• To create factories and use Native American Indians as cheap labor sources.

What was Spain's main reason for exploring North America?

• To set up permanent settlements

• To grown agricultural commodities and ship them back to Spain

• To find gold and treasure

• To enslave native American Indians