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Final Exam Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

#5 is which Georgia Region

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Piedmont

d)

Valley and Ridge

e)

Coastal Plain

2.

#1 is which Georgia Region

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Piedmont

d)

Valley and Ridge

e)

Coastal Plain

3.

#4 is which Georgia Region

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Piedmont

d)

Valley and Ridge

e)

Coastal Plain

4.
Which route is showing the path traveled by explorer Hernando de Soto?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.

Which grouping lists the main reasons for Spanish exploration of the "New World"?

a)

"God, glory, and gold"

b)

"Salt, silk, and spices"

c)

"Rum, slaves, and molasses"

d)

"Trade, silver, and jewels"

6.
What impact did European contact have on Native American population between 1500 and 1620?
a)
population increased
b)
population decreased
c)
population remained stagnant
d)
population showed no changes
7.

Why did the kings of Britain and Spain urge exploration and settlement of North America?

a)

They wanted to force the American Indians into slavery.

b)

They wanted a place to send sick people to keep disease from spreading.

c)

They wanted to expand their empires by acquiring more land.

d)

They wanted a place to send their criminals since prisons were overcrowded.

8.

Where did the Spanish set up their missions in Georgia?

a)

In the North Georgia Mountains

b)

On the Chattahoochee River near the Alabama border

c)

On the Barrier Islands along the Atlantic coast

d)

In the middle of the Okefenokee Swamp

9.

What effect did Hernando de Soto’s expedition in Georgia have on Native Americans there?

a)

it caused a mass migration of Native Americans from Georgia

b)

it began a long-term trading relationship with Native Americans

c)

it inspired Native Americans to join the Spanish mission system

d)

it brought illnesses that caused Native American population loss

10.

List three reasons why the Europeans wanted to settle in the "New World."

(a)  

11.

Who was considered one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?

a)

Lyman Hall

b)

James Oglethorpe

c)

John Ross

d)

William Few

12.

What were the two different types of colonist.

a)

Native Americans

b)

Loyalist

c)

Patriots

d)

Indians

13.

The Proclamation of 1763:

a)

allowed the colonists to not pay taxes to the British

b)

allowed British soldiers to force themselves to live with colonists

c)

DID NOT allow colonists to move past the Appalachian Mountains

d)

DID NOT allow colonists to stay in Georgia

14.

This part of the Declaration of Independence is in the beginning and explains why the document is being written:

a)

Preamble

b)

Declaration

c)

Grievances

d)

Independence

15.

This part of the Declaration of Independence states the reasons of harm or suffering (usually in a list)

a)

Preamble

b)

Grievances

c)

Declaration

d)

Independence

16.

To make something known; to declare something:

a)

Preamble

b)

Grievances

c)

Declaration

d)

Dependence

17.

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

the federal government was too weak

b)

It had no legislative branch

c)

The judicial was too powerful

d)

The executive was too powerful

18.

Because this branch was missing under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to enforce its laws?

a)

Judicial

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

d)

Congress

19.
Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress couldn't collect taxes
b)
Weak central government
c)
Provided for no common currency
d)
All of the these
20.

This tax's purpose was to place a tax on all paper items including stamps, newspapers, and contracts.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Paper Act

d)

Ink Act

21.
Mary Musgrove was James Oglethorpe's _________________.
a)
business partner
b)
interpreter
c)
housekeeper
d)
wife
22.
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.
23.
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
24.
The purpose of the Spanish missions was to
a)
A. fight Native Americans.
b)
 B. establish trade with Spain.
c)
 C. look for natural resources.
d)
D. convert the Indians to Christianity.The purpose of the Spanish missions was to
25.
In the early-and-mid-1700s Mary Musgrove served as a diplomat between the British in early Savannah and what Yamacraw Indian chief?
a)
Chief Joseph
b)
Chief Tomochichi
c)
Chief Sitting Bull
d)
Chief Standing Bear
26.
Georgia continued to move its capital westward to Louisville, then Milledgeville, and finally Atlanta to
a)
avoid continued pirate raids on the east coast
b)
meet federal government requirements
c)
follow the growing population
d)
open eastern lands to the American Indians
27.
What was the purpose of the Georgia’s land policies?
a)
It established a method of counting the population
b)
To give away newly gained lands and promote westward expansion
c)
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
d)
It administered voting and election districts
28.
Why was the land lottery more successful than the headright system?
a)
More land was distributed to settlers
b)
It sold all open lands to the government
c)
it created peace with American Indians
d)
More settlers moved to the eastern coast.
29.
The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies 
a)
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
b)
took land from the American Indians by force.
c)
made illegal treaties with the Americans Indians.
d)
llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.
30.
Which technological development led to an increased demand for slaves in the United States during the early- to mid-1800s? 
a)
steel plow
b)
cotton gin
c)
railroads
d)
the spinning jenny
31.
Andrew Jackson’s role in the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia was that he 
a)
ruled in favor of the Cherokee as a sovereign nation and prevented their removal.
b)
refused to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling and instead enforced the Indian Removal Act.
c)
accompanied the Cherokee people on the trail of tears and helped organize farms in the Oklahoma territory.
d)
organized the newly acquired Yazoo lands for their settlement, opening their land to gold miners.

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