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WorksheetsGeorgia Studies Semester Review1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What Georgian signed the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Abraham Baldwin
c)
Button Gwinnett
d)
William Few
2.
Which scandal occurred when Georgia's governor and some legislators accepted bribes to sell public land?
a)
land lottery
b)
Yazoo Land Fraud
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
headright system
3.
Which of the following is a duty of every citizen?
a)
pay taxes
b)
run for governor
c)
buy a house
d)
join a political party
4.
How does the executive branch keep the legislative branch in check?
a)
by making laws
b)
by educating them
c)
through impeachment
d)
with veto power
5.
Who is the presiding officer (person in charge) of the Georgia Senate?
a)
President
b)
Lieutenant Governor
c)
Speaker of the House
d)
Secretary of State
6.
Which of the following is the first step for a bill to become a law?
a)
it is considered by a committee
b)
the legislators vote on it
c)
the Governor vetoes it
d)
the people vote
7.
What happens to a bill if the governor doesn't sign it or veto it?
a)
it goes back to the Senate
b)
it goes back to the House
c)
the bill is dead
d)
it becomes law anyways
8.
Who was the Georgian who helped bring about the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
a)
Abraham Baldwin
b)
Lyman Hall
c)
William Sherman
d)
John Ross
9.
How was Atlanta important to the South during the Civil War?
a)
capital of the Confederacy
b)
most populated city
c)
slave trading center
d)
major industrial and transportation center in the South
10.
What items did Oglethorpe promise the colonists would produce in the Georgia Colony?
a)
rice, cotton, tobacco
b)
wine, indigo, silk
c)
cloth, ammunition, cotton
d)
peanuts, peaches cotton
11.
What was the main purpose of the Spanish missions?
a)
claim land for Spain
b)
establish trade with Spain
c)
convert the Natives to Catholicism (Christianity)
d)
provide protection to the colonists
12.
The following region was home to many cotton plantations because of the fertile red clay
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plains
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Blue Ridge
13.
What conflict led to the American Revolution because it left Great Britain in debt and resulted in increased taxes?
a)
Proclamation of 1763
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
French and Indian War
14.
What Georgian had a county named for her and was known for capturing Tories/Loyalists?
a)
Nancy Hart
b)
Mary Musgrove
c)
Pochahantas
d)
Clara Barton
15.
During which prehistoric time period would you find the mound builders?
a)
Paleo
b)
Archaic
c)
Woodland
d)
Mississippian
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