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Milestone Review 1 Georgia Studies 21

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What region of the United States is Georgia located in?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

2.

What continent is the state of Georgia is located in ?

a)

North America

b)

South America

3.

Two Hemispheres that Georgia is located in

a)

Northern/Western

b)

Southern/Eastern

c)

Northern/Eastern

4.

What region of Georgia has the largest population?

a)

Piedmont

b)

. Appalachian Plateau

c)

Valley and Ridge

d)

Coastal Plain

5.

What is Georgias Largest Geographic region ?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Ridge and Valley

6.

What region receives the most rainfall?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Piedmont

7.

Which region is the base for Georgias textile and carpet industries ?

a)

Valley and Ridge

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Coastal Plain

8.

The fall line is the geographic border between which two regions?

a)

Piedmont and Coastal Plain

b)

Coastal Plain and Ridge and Valley

c)

Piedmont and Appilation Platuea

9.

What region is represented by the PINK star?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Piedmont

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Ridge and Valley

10.

What region is represented by the PINK star?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Piedmont

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Ridge and Valley

11.

What region is represented by the ORANGE star?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Ridge and Valley

12.

What region is represented by the BLUE heart ?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Blue Ridge

d)

Coastal Plain

13.

What region is represented by the RED heart?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Ridge and Valley

c)

Appalachian Plateau

14.

What region is represented by the GREEN heart?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Ridge and Valley

c)

Piedmont

d)

Coastal Plain

15.

Region of Georgia with fertile farmland between ridges, also known as the "Carpet Capital of the World".

a)

Valley and Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Coastal Plain

16.

Which of these best describes the early colonization of North America?

a)

The Spanish supported French land claims in the Southeast.

b)

The Spanish had the least impact on the American Idians in the Southeast.

c)

The Spanish, French, and British all had economic interests in the Southeast.

d)

The Spanish, French, and British all wanted to bring their religion to the Southeast.

17.

What is the name of the trade policy designed to make a country wealthy by selling more than it buys?

a)

Fair Trade

b)

Import/Export

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Industrialism

18.

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

19.

Which statement correctly describes the Mississippian Indian's shelter?

a)

Temporary huts that were easy to move

b)

Large permanent settlements set up around farms

c)

Usually caves located along a trade route

d)

No shelters were used as they were nomads

20.
The Spanish established ____, hoping to convert Indians to their religion.
a)
missions
b)
authentic restaurants
c)
mosques
d)
private schools
21.
 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
22.
Hernando de Soto and his soldiers often treated Native Americans harshly during the Spanish quest for
a)
food and drink.
b)
fame and power.
c)
gold and silver.
d)
rivers and trials.
23.
21 men who were granted a charter allowing them to create and govern the GA colony
a)
Trustees
b)
Royal governors
c)
malcontents
d)
Salzburgers
24.
founder of Georgia
a)
Mary Musgrove
b)
King George II
c)
Tomochichi
d)
James Oglethorpe
25.
military protective zone to protect South Carolina from Spanish Florida
a)
colony
b)
royal colony
c)
buffer colony
d)
philanthropy
26.
chief of the Yamacraw who gave land to the GA settlers
a)
Tomochichi
b)
Oglethorpe
c)
Musgrove
d)
George II
27.

Read the following excerpt from the Charter of 1732. Who is it talking about?


...many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families...

a)

poor and indebted people in England

b)

slaves imported into the colonies

c)

wealthy English wanting to set up plantations

d)

those persecuted for religious beliefs

28.
Items Oglethorpe hoped to produce in GA
a)
Rice, Indigo, Wine
b)
Corn, Potatoes
c)
Wheat and tobacco
d)
Tropical fruit and spices
29.
colonists who complained about the Trustees' rules they had to follow
a)
Salzburgers
b)
Highland Scots
c)
malcontents
d)
Jewish settlers
30.
3 reasons to create the GA colony
a)
God, Gold, and Glory
b)
Philanthropy, Economics, Defense
c)
Catholic missions, rum trade, slave trade
d)
fur trade, forts, prisoners
31.
Who granted Georgia's charter?
a)
James Oglethorpe
b)
King George II
c)
Tomochichi
d)
the Trustees
32.
Which group helped Oglethorpe at the Battle of Bloody Marsh?
a)
Salzburgers
b)
Jewish settlers
c)
Highland Scots
d)
Malcontents
33.
came to Georgia for religious freedom and known for hard work
a)
Salzburgers
b)
Highland Scots
c)
Pilgrims
d)
Malcontents
34.
no slavery, limits on land (50-500 acres), WRIST crops not successful
a)
Trustee Colony
b)
Royal Colony
c)
Both trustee and royal
35.

-mixed Creek and British ancestry

-translator for Oglethorpe

-set up trading post

Who am I?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Tomochichi

c)

Mary Musgrove

d)

Hernando De Soto

36.

The formal document written by colonists to break away from Great Britain:

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Charter of 1732

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Declaration of Independence

37.

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

38.

What is a Patriot

a)

A colonist who seeked freedom from britian

b)

Colonist who wanted to kill the king

c)

Colonist who believed in a different religion

d)

Colonist who allied with native Americans

39.

The French and Indian War was a war between the French and ___________________.

a)

Indians

b)

British

c)

Germans

d)

Salzburgers

40.

What was the effect of the British winning the French and Indian War?

a)

it allowed the British to take over the country of France

b)

the war left them in debt

c)

the British gained riches and glory

d)

the French actually won the war

41.

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

42.

Button Gwinnett, George Walton, and __________________ were the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.

a)

Lyman Hall

b)

James Wright

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Oglethorpe

43.

This battle was fought between the British and colonists; the Patriots won.

a)

Battle of Kettle Creek

b)

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

c)

Siege of Savannah

d)

Battle of Kennell Creek

44.

This battle was used for the Patriots and French to retake Savannah; British won.

a)

Battle of Kettle Creek

b)

Siege of Savannah

c)

Battle of Savannah

d)

Siege of Saltwater Creek

45.

The first constitution of the United States; had too many weaknesses.

a)

Articles of Convention

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Constitution Convention

d)

Articles of Constitution

46.

The first public university in United States history was _______.

a)

University of Georgia

b)

Georgia Tech

c)

University of Wisconsin

d)

Georgia State University

47.

All of these cities have been capitals of the state of Georgia but one. Which has NOT been a capital of Georgia?

a)

Augusta

b)

Louisville

c)

Macon

d)

Milledegville

48.
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
49.

What was the purpose of Georgia’s land policies?

a)

It established a method of counting the population

b)

To distribute newly gained lands and promote westward expansion

c)

It provided an organized system of collecting taxes

d)

It administered voting and election districts

50.
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
51.
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.
52.

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 American Indians.

d)

llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.

53.
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
54.

The cotton gin was an important invention because

a)

it made cotton easier to pick

b)

it made cotton a profitable crop

c)

it made the demand for cotton less

d)

it made Northern farmers depend on cotton from the South

55.
How were railroads beneficial to Georgia’s businessmen and farmers? 
a)
increased tourism through sightseeing 
b)
offered faster and easier transportation of goods
c)
offered a non-polluting transportation option
d)
made horses unnecessary for travel
56.

William McIntosh, a Creek chief, was murdered by his own people because he

a)

fell to defeat in a fight with the Georgia militia.

b)

was the cousin of Georgia’s Governor George Troup.

c)

signed a peace treaty with the Cherokee Indians without permission.

d)

signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the government.

57.
What was discovered in 1829 in Cherokee territory that led to the removal of the Cherokee and the creation of Dahlonega? 
a)
diamonds
b)
the syllabary
c)
rivers
d)
gold
58.

Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?

a)

Fletcher vs. Peck

b)

Peck vs. Veno

c)

Worcester vs. Georgia

d)

Alabama vs. Georgia

59.
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.
60.

__________________ led the Cherokee faction that wanted to resist further concessions to the U.S. government, ultimately suing the U.S. government in court. He led them on the Trail of Tears.

a)

George Guess

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

John Ross

d)

William McIntosh

61.
In 1838, the U.S. Army forced thousands of Cherokee people to march to the Indian Territory (in present-day Oklahoma) as part of the removal process. Which statement BEST explains why the route to the Indian Territory became known as the "Trail of Tears"? 
a)
Many battles took place along the journey.
b)
Some government officials wept over Jackson’s decision.
c)
It describes the legend of the “Weeping Eagle”. 
d)
Thousands of Cherokees died along the journey.
62.

Who was elected President in 1860, which led to the secession of South Carolina?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

John C. Calhoun

63.

The Georgia Platform was proposed by Alexander Stephens to support _______.

a)

The Compromise of 1850

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Great Compromise

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

64.

Which of the following were outcomes of the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?

a)

The Supreme Court said that African-Americans were not citizens and had no right to sue in court.

b)

The Supreme Court said that the U.S. Government could not stop slavery in the territories.

c)

The Supreme Court said that Dred Scott was a free man since he lived in a free state and territory.

d)

The Supreme Court said that Dred Scott could only be free while he lived in a free state or territory.

65.

Which compromise allowed California to become a free state?

a)

Compromise of 1820

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

The Great Compromise

66.

What mode of transportation was key to the Civil War effort?

a)

Ships

b)

Interstate highways

c)

railroads

d)

airports

67.

According to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, what would happen on January 1, 1863, if the South did not surrender?

a)

The Union would invade the South

b)

Confederate slaves would be freed.

c)

Confederate prisoners would be executed.

d)

The Union would cease all trade with the South.

68.

What was the name of the Northern Strategy to win the war?

a)

King Cotton Diplomacy

b)

Lay waste Strategy

c)

Anaconda Plan

d)

Reconstruction Plan

69.

Why was the battle of Chickamauga fought in Georgia?

a)

to control supplies in Atlanta

b)

to stop an invasion of Georgia by the Union

c)

to end civilian support for the war

d)

to control the railroad center in Chattanooga

70.

During the Civil War, why was the capture of Atlanta an important Union objective?

a)

Atlanta was the capital of the Confederacy.

b)

Atlanta was a major southern railroad center.

c)

Atlanta was in the geographic center of the South.

d)

Atlanta was the home to several major arms storehouses.

71.
What was the impact of Sherman’s “March to the Sea”? 
a)
 A. It convinced the South that they could win the war.
b)
B. It convinced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
c)
C. It forced Robert E. Lee to evacuate Georgia. 
d)
D. It left a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah that crippled the Confederacy.
72.
· Founded in 1865; helped former slaves find homes; employment ended in 1871

These are describing which government program?
a)
Jim Crow Act
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Confiscation Act
d)
13th Amendment
73.

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.

a)

abolished slavery

b)

gave women the right to vote.

c)

gave blacks the right to vote.

d)

allowed Raelyn to have one boyfriend per middle school

74.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.
a)
Voting Rights
b)
Bear Arms
c)
Gave equal protection
75.

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.

a)

Free Speech

b)

Abolished Slavery

c)

Voting rights

d)

Freedom of Religion

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