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WorksheetsGeorgia Studies Mid Year
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is NOT one of the 5 geographic regions of Georgia?
a)
BLUE RIDGE
b)
PIEDMONT
c)
SMOKEY MOUNTAINS
d)
COASTAL PLAINS
2.
Which prehistoric culture had villages and small homes ?
a)
Archaic
b)
Paleo
c)
Mississippian
d)
Woodland
3.
Which prehistoric culture invented the bow and arrow?
a)
PALEO
b)
ARCHAIC
c)
WOODLAND
d)
MISSISSIPPIAN
4.
WHICH PREHISTORIC CULTURE INVENTED THE ATLATL?
a)
PALEO
b)
ARCHAIC
c)
MISSISSIPPIAN
d)
WOODLAND
5.
IN WHICH REGION OF THE UNITED STATES IS GEORGIA LOCATED?
a)
SOUTH
b)
EAST
c)
SOUTHEASTERN
d)
NORTHEASTERN
6.
wHAT PHYSICAL FEATURE OF GEORGIA SEPERATES THE PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAINS?
a)
FALL LINE
b)
SAVANNAH RIVER
c)
BRASSTOWN BALD
d)
FAULT LINE
7.
WHO WAS THE FIRST EXPLORER TO EXPLORE GEORGIA?
a)
HERNANDO DE SOTO
b)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
c)
JOHN CABOT
d)
PONCE DE LEON
8.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A PRIMARY REASON FOR EXPLORING?
a)
GOLD
b)
GOD
c)
GRAIN
d)
GLORY
9.
What did the Spanish set up on the barrier islands of Georgia?
a)
Mercantiles
b)
Missions
c)
Marinias
d)
Malls
10.
Who was the founder of Georgia?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Tomochichi
c)
James ogelthorpe
d)
Mary Musgrove
11.
What group of people disagreed with James Ogelthorpe and the Trustees called?
a)
Discontented
b)
Malcontents
c)
Irish
d)
Scottish
12.
The United States is in which hemispheres?
a)
Northern/Eastern
b)
Northern/Western
c)
Southern/Eastern
d)
Southern/Western
13.
How many regions are there in Georgia?
a)
12
b)
52
c)
5
d)
4
14.
Which group of prehistoric people ate giant sloths, mastodons, and giant bison?
a)
Archaic
b)
Paleo
c)
Mississippian
d)
Woodland
15.
The chief of the Yamacraws was
a)
Toonahowi
b)
Savannah
c)
Mary Musgrove
d)
Tomochichi
16.
The only religious group NOT allowed in Georgia was
a)
Catholic
b)
Jewish
c)
Puritan
d)
Anglican
17.
Britain planned to pay off its debt from the French and Indian War by
a)
requiring colonists to buy only American goods
b)
passing new tax laws
c)
reducing services to the colonists
d)
withdrawing support from the colonies
18.
The Stamp Act required
a)
All printed paper used in the colonies to have a tax stamp
b)
The use British postal stamps on all mail
c)
the establishment of a postal system
d)
Colonists to print their own stamps
19.
The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing the
a)
Tea Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Stamp Act
20.
Which of the following groups did NOT support the king?
a)
Tories
b)
Whigs
c)
Loyalists
d)
citizens of England
21.
The first state-chartered university in the United States was
a)
Oglethorpe University
b)
The University of Georgia
c)
Georgia Tech
d)
Georgia Military College
22.
The first way the government of Georgia distributed land was by
a)
the headright system
b)
the lottery system
c)
selling it at low prices
d)
selling it to land speculators
23.
What is considered to be the worst political scandal in Georgia's history?
a)
Land Lotteries
b)
The Yazoo Land Fraud
c)
building a fake railroad
d)
The US Census rigging
24.
The Trail of Tears involved the
a)
Seminoles
b)
Creeks
c)
Cherokees
d)
Choctaws
25.
Dahlonega, Georgia may be best known for
a)
the gold there in 1829
b)
its Indian heritage
c)
the Creek capital located there
d)
its scenic views
26.
The cotton gin
a)
wove cotton yarn into fabric
b)
spun the cotton fiber into yarn
c)
removed the seeds from the cotton fiber
d)
made cotton bales
27.
The North and South had conflicts over
a)
states' rights, slavery, and government services
b)
states' rights, slavery, and free blacks
c)
tariffs, states' rights, and taxes
d)
tariffs, states' rights, and westward expansion of slavery
28.
Which of these court cases supported the idea of "separate but equal"?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Roe v. Wade
29.
Who was Austin Dabney?
a)
One of Georgia Royal Governors
b)
Helped spread the idea of the "New South"
c)
Slave who fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek; gained his freedom after the American Revolution
d)
Head of Georgia's Democratic Party in the 1960s
30.
What Creek Chief signed the Treaty of New York, which gave away much of the Creek lands east of the Oconee River?
a)
William McIntosh
b)
Alexander McGillivray
c)
Elijah Clarke
d)
Sequoya Gist
31.
Who was from Georgia, supported the Georgia Platform, and became the Vice President of the Confederacy?
a)
Alexander Stephens
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Carl Vinson
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
32.
Who were the Bourbon Triumvirate?
a)
A group of Georgia governors who supported segregation, but wanted to industrialize the state
b)
They developed the term "New South"
c)
Created the triathlon
d)
Brought the Olympics to Georgia
33.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
a)
Laws to disenfranchise African Americans and to enforce segregation
b)
Laws restricting international trade
c)
Laws that prevented people from suing the government
d)
Laws restricting the overpricing of land for sale
34.
Who led the "March to the Sea" in Georgia?
a)
General Sherman
b)
General Lee
c)
General Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
35.
What keep the South from trading during the Civil War?
a)
Sulvent Wagons
b)
Stock market crash
c)
blockade
d)
Banks being closed
36.
Nullify
a)
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
b)
the belief that a state's interests should take precedence over the interests of the national government.
c)
Act of formally withdrawing from the Union.
d)
the act of declaring invalid. The south often felt they should be able to do this with Federal laws they did not like or agree with.
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