Georgia Studies

Who led the effort to get a charter to establish the colony of Georgia?

• Tomochichi

• Mary Musgrove

• James Oglethorpe

• Hernando De Soto

What is the term we use for the rebuilding of the south?

• Reconstruction

• Construction

• Amendment

• Freedom

The _______________________ makes the laws that citizens must obey. (SS8CG1b)

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

Which of these is a qualification for voting in a Georgia election? (SS8CG1d)

• pay state taxes

• pass a literacy test

• being born in Georgia

• being eighteen years old

Each branch of government having a limit or check over the other is called....(SS8CG5)

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

Having a budget, investing in the future, and staying out of debt are ways citizens ______________. (SS8E3)

• manage their money wisely

• influence government spending

• go bankrupt

• provide municipal revenue

Check all that were capitals of Georgia

• Savannah

• Augusta

• Louisville

• Milledgeville

• Atlanta

What was the name of the time period during which southern states were brought back into the Union after the Civil War?

• Readmission

• Recycling

• Resubmitting

• Reconstruction

Which statement accurately explains how Georgia’s transportation systems impact Georgia’s workforce?

• Georgia's transportation system causes Georgians to lose jobs.

• Georgia's transportation system causes Georgians to have jobs.

First African American mayor of Atlanta

• Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson

• William Hartsfield

• Ivan Allen