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Worksheets1st Semester Midterm Exam Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which region is labeled 5?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Fall Line
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Blue Ridge
2.
These mountains begin in Northern Georgia and are filled with natural resources like gold and coal.
a)
Appalachian
b)
Rocky
c)
Andes
d)
Himalayan
3.
This river cuts across the state of Georgia and forms its western border. Today, it is primarily used as a water source for Atlanta and other cities nearby.
a)
Chattahoochee
b)
Savannah
c)
St. Mary's
d)
Mississippi
4.
This river forms Georgia's eastern border. It pours into lake Hartwell before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
Savannah
b)
Chattahoochee
c)
St. Mary's
d)
Mississippi
5.
Which region labeled 2?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Piedmont
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Coastal Plain
6.
Which region is labeled 3?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Appalachian Plateau
7.
Which region is labeled 4?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Valley and Ridge
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Appalachian Plateau
8.
Which region is labeled 1?
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge
d)
Valley and Ridge
9.
There are 14 islands off of Georgia's coast. Today, they are primarily used for tourism like on Tybee, Jekyll, and St. Simon's.
a)
Barrier
b)
Antilles
c)
Choctaw
d)
Mississipian
10.
Which is the correct order in which the early Native American cultures appeared in Georgia?
a)
Paleo-Archaic-Woodland-Mississipian
b)
Mississippian-Woodland-Paleo-Archaic
c)
Paleo-Woodland-Mississippian-Archaic
d)
Mississippian-Woodland-Archaic-Paleo
11.
WHAT made cotton so productive that many southern farmers began growing cotton and cotton production spread and increased rapidly?
a)
telegraph
b)
interchangeable parts
c)
cotton gin
d)
cotton plough
12.
What was the biggest consequence of the interactions between Native Americans and the Spanish?
a)
Massive loss of life from disease
b)
Exchange of ideas
c)
Introduction of the Christian religion to Native Americans
d)
An improved life for Native Americans
13.
What was the main objective of de Soto's mission to the New World as assigned by the king and queen of Spain?
a)
To improve relations between Native Americans and the Spanish
b)
To find gold
c)
To spread the Christian religion to the New World
d)
To find a route to Asia
14.
Who was the first European to come through Georgia?
a)
Hernando de Soto
b)
Francisco de Orellana
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Hernan Cortes
15.
Who is credited with being the founder of Georgia?
a)
Tomochichi
b)
Mary Musgrove
c)
James Oglethorpe
d)
John Musgrove
16.
This economic policy between American colonies and their mother country of Great Britain was known as
a)
mercantilism
b)
democracy
c)
communism
d)
confederation
17.
Which of these was not one of the rules of the GA Trustees?
a)
Catholics were banned from the
colony.
b)
Rum was outlawed (not allowed).
c)
Those who owned land could vote.
d)
Slavery was illegal.
18.
Who served as the interpreter for Oglethorpe and Tomochichci?
a)
Mary Musgrove
b)
Nancy Hart
c)
Sequoyah
d)
John Ross
19.
What is the first city in GA?
a)
Augusta
b)
Atlanta
c)
Savannah
d)
Brunswick
20.
Who gave Oglethorpe the land to settle and build Savannah?
a)
Tomochichi
b)
Sequoyah
c)
John Ross
d)
Pocahontas
21.
Which document created the colony of GA?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Charter of 1732
c)
US Constitution
d)
Declaration of Independence
22.
Which group of people were upset with the Trustees rules?
a)
Malcontents
b)
Morovians
c)
Highland Scots
d)
Yamacraw
23.
What was important about the Battle of Bloody Marsh?
a)
It ended the threat of war from Native Americans
b)
It demonstrated the strength of the
British navy.
c)
It resulted in Georgia winning the
French and Indian War.
d)
It ended the threat of Spanish
invasion of Georgia.
24.
What did the Townshend Acts do?
a)
Required colonist to buy stamps
b)
·
placed a duty or a tax on certain goods that
colonies imported from Great Britain, including popular items like glass,
paint, paper, and tea.
c)
House British soldiers
d)
Not go west over the Appalachian mountains
25.
The states that border Georgia are:
a)
a. Alabama,
Mississippi, South Carolina, Florida, and North Carolina.
b)
a. Alabama,
Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida.
c)
a. Alabama,
South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
d)
a. Mississippi,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina.
26.
The following traits describe...
-Lived from 800 to 1600 ad
-Developed villages and chiefdoms with chiefs as their rulers
-farmed and raised livestock
-First to make contact with the European explorers
-Lived from 800 to 1600 ad
-Developed villages and chiefdoms with chiefs as their rulers
-farmed and raised livestock
-First to make contact with the European explorers
a)
Mississippian Indians
b)
Woodland Indians
c)
Archaic Indians
d)
Paleo Indians
27.
Into which hemisphere does the prime meridian place Georgia?
a)
Eastern Hemisphere.
b)
Southern Hemisphere.
c)
Western Hemisphere.
d)
Northern Hemisphere.
28.
Why did so many early Georgia settlers build settlements near the Fall Line?
a)
a. The Fall line marked the end of fertile growing soil for farming.
b)
The waterfalls of the Fall line were difficult to travel over.
c)
a. The Fall Line was away from Indian settlements.
d)
a. The Fall Line was still close enough to the coast for transporting goods cheaply.
29.
The main reasons for the settlement of the Georgia colony were:
a)
a. providing rice, silk, corn, and cotton.
b)
a. providing England with easier access to southern Native Americans.
c)
a. expanding England’s colonial frontier.
d)
a. to provide charity, economic growth, and defense for England.
30.
What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?
a)
a. It established a method of counting population.
b)
a. It provided an organized system of collecting taxes.
c)
a. It administered voting and election districts.
d)
a. It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.
31.
What was the most damaging result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
a)
The records were burned
b)
The nation lost confidence in Georgia
c)
Georgia lost valuable land and money in the scandal
d)
The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.
32.
Which statement BEST explains why anti-British sentiment was less in Georgia than in the other colonies during the Revolutionary period?
a)
Georgia had more British settlers than the other colonies who were more loyal to Great Britain.
b)
a. Georgia was a far younger as a colony than the other colonies, and it still needed much support from Great Britain.
c)
a. Georgia was not as successful as the other colonies, and it could not afford to raise funds to fight the British.
d)
a. Georgia had a much smaller population than the other colonies, and it did not have enough men for an army to fight the British.
33.
The first public university in United States history was _______.
a)
UGA
b)
Georgia Tech
c)
UTC
34.
This city became the capital of Georgia AFTER Louisville
a)
Savannah
b)
Augusta
c)
Milledgeville
d)
Macon
35.
What two technologies were invented in 1789-1840 in Georgia?
a)
cell phone and cars
b)
cell phones and radios
c)
cotton gin and railroads
36.
How were the railroads in Georgia used?
a)
They transported nothing to cities
b)
They transported cotton and other goods around Georgia.
c)
There were no railroads in Georgia
37.
How were the railroads in Georgia used?
a)
They transported nothing to cities
b)
They transported cotton and other goods around Georgia.
c)
There were no railroads in Georgia
38.
William McIntosh was the chief for the_____ tribe.
a)
Cherokee
b)
Black Foot
c)
Apache
d)
Creek
39.
What did McIntosh do to make his tribe angry?
a)
He told them a lie about the Creeks land.
b)
He bought them land for the Creeks in the signing of the treaty of Indian Springs.
c)
He sold/gave the Creek's remaining land to Georgia in the signing of the treaty of Indian Springs. .
40.
What did the Creek Indians do to McIntosh for selling their land?
a)
The honored him with a party
b)
They gave him an award
c)
They killed him
41.
In 1838, federal soldiers took the Cherokee nation of an 800-mile journey to modern day Oklahoma. The journey was known as
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Tears of the trail
c)
Trail of timber
42.
The process first used to distribute lands in Georgia, in which a head of household received land for himself and his family was called the:
a)
headright system
b)
land lottery
c)
cession
43.
Which U.S. President strongly supported Indian removal from the southeast U.S.?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
John Adams
c)
James Madison
44.
What was the first scandal in American history?
a)
Yazoo Land Fraud
b)
Land Lottery
c)
Gate City
45.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
John Ross
46.
Who was the Chief Justice that ruled in favor of the Cherokees?
a)
John Ross
b)
John Marshall
c)
William McIntosh
47.
Thanks to this system my family and I may be able to get back on our feet. Ever since my husband passed away from smallpox I have been struggling to make a way for my family and having difficulties finding a place for us to call home. With this distribution system I will have 2 chances to win land.
a)
Land Lottery
b)
Headright system
c)
Yazoo
48.
The Georgia colony allowed Jews and Protestants but not Catholics.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Which of the following best describes Tomochichi?
a)
A Native American whom Oglethorpe enslaved and took to England as a prisoner.
b)
He was the husband of Mary Musgrove.
c)
He was a Native American chief who befriended Oglethorpe and allowed him to settle Savannah in peace.
d)
He was a Native American chief who helped James Wright acquire land.
50.
Mary Musgrove was James Oglethorpe's _________________.
a)
business partner
b)
interpreter
c)
housekeeper
d)
wife
51.
Why did King George II agree to grant Oglethorpe a charter to found Georgia?
a)
He believed it would help Britain economically while providing protection for the other southern colonies.
b)
He knew a revolution was coming and wanted a colony loyal to the Crown.
c)
He was against slavery and would not allow it in Georgia.
d)
The trustees promised the king that Georgia would be founded as a royal colony.
52.
James Oglethorpe is BEST described as _________________.
a)
a businessman who wanted to establish plantations in Georgia
b)
a member of Parliament (opposed to slavery) who wanted to establish a colony for debtors
c)
a royal governor who finally convinced the king to make Georgia a royal colony
d)
a slaveowner who introduced Africans to Georgia
53.
Those who were selected to settle the colony of Georgia were required to ________________.
a)
bring their own farm tools with them
b)
have served time in debtors' prison
c)
only sell their land to another Englishman
d)
use a portion of their land to grow mulberry trees
54.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for settling Georgia?
a)
Charity
b)
Defense
c)
Economics
d)
Religion
55.
In the early years of the colony, what was one reason the colonists were dissatisfied with the policies of the trustees who governed colonial Georgia? The colonists
a)
could not own slaves.
b)
were not allowed to read books.
c)
were not allowed to practice their religion.
d)
could not pay the high taxes required of them.
56.
The Georgia Salzburgers first arrived in the colony with support from King George II and the Georgia Trustees because the Salzburgers
a)
wanted to do explorations and make maps of the colony.
b)
saw an opportunity for free farmland in the new colony.
c)
were expelled from their homes because of their religion.
d)
were known for the excellent military and fighting skills.
57.
The "Trustee Period" is MOST associated with which of these eras?
a)
Colonial Era
b)
Revolutionary War Era
c)
Civil War Era
d)
Reconstruction Era
58.
Which policies would have received the MOST support from Georgia's "Malcontents"?
a)
policies that would allow trade with the Spanish in St. Augustine.
b)
policies that would prohibit settlers of the Catholic faith from settling in the colony.
c)
policies that would allow the use and manufacture of alcohol and ownership of slaves.
d)
policies that would prohibit Creek and Cherokee Indians from owning land in the backcountry.
59.
Why did James Oglethorpe suggest forming a colony for the poor?
a)
England wanted to get rid of debtors permanently.
b)
The homeless would readily come to the New World.
c)
The poor were mostly well-educated people who had fallen on hard times.
d)
Oglethorpe had a friend who died in debtors' prison.
60.
(SS8H3) Who is described by the statements below? I. He/she is said to have been very ugly. II. He/she is credited with killing 6 British soldiers. III. He/she acted as a spy for Colonel Elijah Clarke.
a)
Nancy Hart
b)
George Walton
c)
Austin Dabney
d)
Elijah Clarke
61.
(SS8H3) In which battle do the patriots unsuccessfully attempt to regain control of Savannah?
a)
Siege of Savannah
b)
Battle of Rice Boats
c)
Battle of Kettle Creek
d)
Lexington
62.
(SS8H4) Which of the following is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress cannot regulate trade.
b)
The legislature has too much power.
c)
The governor served a one year term.
d)
It was not ratified by the people.
63.
(SS8H4) Which of the following were Georgia’s signers of the US Constitution?
a)
Austin Dabney & Elijah Clarke
b)
Lyman Hall & Button Gwinnett
c)
Abraham Baldwin & William Few
d)
George Walton & Lyman Hall
64.
(SS8H4) Who is described by the following statements? i. He is the founder of the University of Georgia. ii. He developed the Great Compromise. iii. He signed the US Constitution as a delegate from Georgia.
a)
Lyman Hall
b)
William Few
c)
George Walton
d)
Abraham Baldwin
65.
(SS8H5) Why did Georgia legislators move Georgia’s capital from Augusta to Louisville?
a)
It was a deep sea port.
b)
Sherman did not burn it.
c)
To keep it centrally located.
d)
It was a center of transportation.
66.
(SS8H5) Why did Georgia legislators move Georgia’s capital from Augusta to Louisville?
a)
It was a deep sea port.
b)
Sherman did not burn it.
c)
To keep it centrally located.
d)
It was a center of transportation.
67.
(SS8H5) In the late 1700's, several land companies began "paying off" legislators. In return, legislators allowed land companies to buy large areas of land at a cheap price, and to later sell the land to Georgians at a very high price. What is this event known as?
a)
Yazoo Land Fraud
b)
Headright system
c)
Equal land clause
d)
Georgia's Educational Charter
68.
(SS8H5) What event causes Georgians to become desperate to remove the Cherokee from Georgia and leads to the passage of the Indian Removal Act?
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Dahlonega Gold Rush
c)
Treaty of New Echota
d)
Treaty of Indian Springs
69.
(SS8H5) What action did John Marshall take in relation to Cherokee removal from Georgia?
a)
Signed the Treaty of New York
b)
Signed the Treaty of New Echota
c)
Ruled in favor of Cherokee in the Worcester vs. Georgia case.
d)
Went to President Andrew Jackson to oppose the Treaty of New Echota.
70.
(SS8H6) Who was elected president in 1860?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
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