Round 4

Along which physical feature did James Oglethorpe establish Georgia's first city?

• Savannah River

• Chattahoochee River

• The Fall Line

Match the following

• mercantilism

• The economic policy focused on exporting more than importing.

• wall built of sticks, mud and clay.

• waddle and daub

• rocks used to make knives and arrows

• churches set up by the Spanish to concert Native Americans to Christianity

• Spanish Missions

• chert

• Okefenokee

• largest swamp in North American and home to many Spanish missions

According to the headright system, how much land did the head of the household, first get?

• 50 acres

• 200 acres

• 100 acres

• 250 acres

What were the two largest Native American tribes affected by land distribution in Georgia?

• Choctaw and Cherokee

• Creek and Cherokee

• Chickasaw and Cherokee

• Cherokee and Seminole

What was Georgia's third state capital?

• Atlanta

• Milledgeville

• Macon

• Louisville

Georgia citizens were upset that 4 land companies bought up all of Ga's western land

• Western Territory Scam

• Mississippi Mud Mixup

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• A&M (Alabama and Mississippi) Scandal

Which list shows Georgia's capitals arranged in the correct chronological order?

• Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

• Milledgeville, Augusta, Savannah, Louisville, Atlanta

• Savannah, Atlanta, Milledgeville, Augusta, Louisville

• Louisville, Augusta, Milledgeville, Savannah, Atlanta

What was the purpose of the headright system?

• It established a method of counting population.

• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes.

• It distributed land to new settlers to increase the states population

• It administered voting and election districts.

People bought a ticket for a chance to win land if their name was drawn from a barrel.

• Apple Barrel land system

• Land Lottery

• headright system

• Yazoo land act

How did this first University of Georgia president (and founder) view higher education?

• He believed that only the wealthy elite should be able to attend higher education and pay accordingly.

• He believed that higher education was necessary for elected officials so they could properly govern the masses.

• He believed that higher education should be available to all and was necessary to have a free government.

• He believed that only the poorer class should be able to attend higher education and it should be provided free.