An area with similar geographic characteristics that set it apart from surrounding areas.

A large area of elevated land that is relatively flat

Weather conditions that are typical for an area based on a long period of time

An underground rock formation that holds water, some of which flows into springs and wells

A region of foothills at the base of a larger mountain or mountain range

A geographic border between two regions, where rivers produce waterfalls

The height of an object above a given level, usually sea level

One half of the Earth or another round object

A body of water collected and stored for future use, often in a natural or artifical lake

A natural characteristic of the environment, such as a landform or body of water

The study of location, climate, and physical surroundings

The imaginary line between the North Pole and South Pole

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres

Georgia's smallest region in the Northwestern corner of the state

The region in Georgia in which we live that is in the middle of Georgia

This region that begins at the fall line and extends south to Georgia's border with Florida

Located in southeastern Georgia and is the second largest freshwater swamp in the United States

The major transportation artery that many Georgia towns grew up around and passes through north Georgia and forms most of the state's western border

Forms the border of Georgia and South Carolina

Wooden posts used as a protective fence by the Mississippians

To try and change someone's religion (European settlers wanted the Native Americans to do this)

The explorers who conquered Native American people during the Age of Exploration and often used to describe Spanish or Portuguese explorers

The traditions, skills, arts, beliefs, and way of life of people

An area owned or controlled by a government that does not have equal status with the rest of the country

An economic policy in which the goal is to gain wealth by exporting more goods than importing (sell more than buy)

Many different lands under the rule of one government

A settlement controlled by a country in a distant land (America was this before the Revolutionary War and there were 13)

A person who is dissatisfied; a trouble maker

The group of people in a government who have the power to make laws for a country or state

A person or group given power and authority to make decisions for another

An area of low-lying wetlands where the water is usually shallow and fluctuating, with many low-growing plants and grasses but few trees

An act or gift intented to improve the life of someone else

A protective barrier

A settlement controlled by a country in a distant land

The political group or assembly that has the power to make laws for a country

A person who translates words from one language to help people who do not know each other's language

A colony ruled by a governor who is appointed by the monarch

A person who owes money

To succeed and flourish

To sell goods and services to another country

An official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person or business

A very high steep cliff that is usually formed by erosion and overlooks a body of water or plain

A goup of people with shared ancestral, cultural, lingual, and social characteristics

A university funded through the government by taxes with the goal of making education available to all

A large population influx caused by the search for gold in the area

A process in which winners are chosen at random

An official agreement between two groups or countries

An intentionl deception for personal gain

The extreme limit of settled land beyond which wilderness lies

To give something up, especially land

A large farm, usually in a warm cimate on which many farm workers live and work

The Trail of Tears is the

The _____________________ inhabited GA from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE

The Mississippian settlements near rives had ______- or wide ditches to hold water around the village walls

The Mississippians built large, flat-topped earthern _______________ that were for important buildings, the priest-chief's home, or religious buildings.

_________, ____________, and _____________ were Spain's main interst in the new world

The Spanish explorer _____________led 600 soldiers into Georgia hoping to find cities of gold in the New World.

One reason the Native Americans could not defend themselves against the Spanish was the spread of the disease ____________.

Spanish missionaries established ________________ near Native American villages in order to convert them to the _____________ religion.

___________________ was responsible for colonizing GA based on philanthropy, economics, and defense.

Georgia was established as a ________________ to provide protection between South Carolina and the Spanish in Florida.

The ______________ established the colony of GA to be governed by 21 trustees.

_________________ was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians that gave James Olgethorpe Yamacraw Bluff on which to settle the city of __________________.

_________________ served as the interpreter between Tomochichi and James Olgethorpe.

The period of rule by James Olgethorpe and the trustees was called the ________________.

The _____________ were the group of Lutherans who founded the community of Ebenezer north o Savannah that was successful growing silk and raising cattle.

The ______________ founded the town of Darien and were known for their fighting skills.

The _________________ were forbidden by the Charter of 1732, but were allowed to stay due to the help Dr. Samuel Nunes provided to the colonist.

After the ____________________________ on St. Simons Island, Spain gave up all claims to GA.

After the trustee period, GA became a _____________ and was ruled by royal governors appointed by the King.

He was the first royal governor of GA and was removed from the office

This royal governor showed the colonist how to govern themselves and explained the need for a budget, taxes, and military defense

This popular governor negotiated important treaties and Georgia prospred and grew faster than any other British cololny during his term

The colonist were angry when the British issued the _________________, which required the colonist to buy a stamp for every paper docuemnt, to pay for the _________________ War.

The Proclamation of 1763

The formal document that listed the reason why the American colonists should by independent from England

The GA signers of the Delcaration were

The introduction to the Declaration of Independence is called the

The ______________ is the part of the Declaration of Independence that listed the complaints against the British government.

A ______________is a cruel and unreasonable ruler.

A form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives

The killing of a weaker group by a stronger group

A gathering of people meeting for a common purpose.

A person chosen to speak or make decisions for another person or group of people

A group who meets formally to solve problems for the people they represent

A ________________ is a written plan for government.

Freedom from outside control or restrictions

An official agreement between two groups or countries

An official announcement of an important matter

A settlement of a conflict by each side giving up something

The colonist wanted, ________________ or freedom to make decisions for themselves

The ________________ were weak because it was only an alliance in which individual states made most of their own decisions

___________________ are freedoms that are protected by law.

The ____________________ were loyal to the British

The ________________ wanted independence from the British.

The __________________ was a Patriot victory that caused the British to withdraw from Augusta and broke the British stronghold in GA.

The _________________ was the battle that lasted only 90 minutes and was the second bloodiest battle of the the Revolutionary War in which Count Casimir Pulaski, a famous Polish soldier, was killed.

The GA delegates who signed the Constitution were______________.

The University of GA was established in order to ___________________.

GA's capital's shifted because _________________.

GA's moving capitals were in the following order:

GA chose to encourage population growth by giving away land for free in the _______________ in which white males received 200 acres of land and an additonal 50 acres for each family member.

The __________________ was a scheme in which land speculators bribed legislators to pass a bill that sold land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi for a low price. These land speculators then sold the land at a higher price for a profit.

After the Yazoo Act, which was burned at the capitol building in Louisville, land was given out through the ________________.

The invention of the cotton gin caused an _________________________ in Georgia. It made separating the seed from the cotton boll easier.

______________________ provided faster transportation of cotton and in Georgia, Terminus became the hub of this transportation.

The Creek chief _________________ signed the Treat of Indian Springs and was murderd by a warparty because he gave away Creek land to the federal government

The _________________ lived in the northwest corner of Georgia and had created a society in which they had an independent government, capital of New Echota, and a constitution.

The Cherokee chief__________________ argued against the Indian Removal Act in the Supreme Court of the United States__________________ and won the case. Unfortunately, President _______________ ignored the ruling and the Cherokee Native Americans were removed.