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Unit 2 Georgia Studies

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What region of the United States is Georgia located in?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

2.

What nation or country is Georgia a part of ?

a)

United States of America

b)

Canada

c)

India

d)

New Zealand

3.

What continent is the state of Georgia is located in ?

a)

North America

b)

South America

4.

Two Hemispheres that Georgia is located in

a)

Northern/Western

b)

Southern/Eastern

c)

Northern/Eastern

5.

What region of Georgia has the largest population?

a)

Piedmont

b)

. Appalachian Plateau

c)

Valley and Ridge

d)

Coastal Plain

6.

What is Georgias smallest Geographic region?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Piedmont

c)

Coastal Plain

7.

What is Georgias Largest Geographic region ?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Ridge and Valley

8.

What region receives the most rainfall?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Piedmont

9.

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

a)

Valley and Ridge

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Coastal Plain

10.

Which region is located in the northwestern corner of Georgia?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Coastal Plain

11.

Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia, is located in which region?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Coastal Plain

12.

What is the name of Georgias Highest mountain peak?

a)

Brasstown Bald

b)

Tullalah Gorge

13.

What are the main industries in the Ridge and Valley region?

a)

Mining and farming

b)

Poltury Farms

c)

Tumber

d)

Oil

14.

Which region has the highest population?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Appilation Platue

15.

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

16.

What region is represented by the PINK star?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Piedmont

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Ridge and Valley

17.

What region is represented by the ORANGE star?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Ridge and Valley

18.

What region is represented by the BLUE heart ?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Blue Ridge

d)

Coastal Plain

19.

What region is represented by the RED heart?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Ridge and Valley

c)

Appalachian Plateau

20.

What region is represented by the GREEN heart?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Ridge and Valley

c)

Piedmont

d)

Coastal Plain

21.

One of the two major mountain chains in the United States and Canada; the Applachian Plateu, Valley and Ridge, and Blue Ridge Mountains regions of Georgia are part of these

a)

Applachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Himalayan Mountains

22.

Smallest of Georgia's regions; contains the only fossil fuel deposits (coal) in the state.

a)

Appalachian Plateu

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Piedmont

23.

An island that directly touches the open ocean.

a)

Barrier Island

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Piedmont

24.

The imaginary line separating Georgia's Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions.

a)

Falt Line

b)

Fall Line

c)

Red Clay Line

25.

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

26.

When the Spanish arrived in Georgia in the 1500s, what American Indians did they come in direct contact with?

a)

Archaic

b)

Paleo

c)

Woodland

d)

Mississippi

27.

What was the first dominant crop that the early Mississippians grew?

a)

Tomatoes

b)

Corn

c)

Tobacco

28.

The Mississippian Indians planted crops in separate individual fields.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Where were most Indian settlements located?

a)

Open Fields

b)

In the woods

c)

Near water sources

d)

On state boundary lines

30.

Mississippian earth mounds were dedicated to religious and social activity.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What kind of weapons did the Mississippian Indians use when hunting?

a)

bow and arrows

b)

knives

c)

All of the above

32.

After coming into contact with Hernando DeSoto, the Mississippians reorganized into the Creek and River tribes.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Which is a reason for Spain's interest in the New World?

a)

Creating colonies

b)

Spreading Christianity

c)

Looking for food

d)

Fleeing persecution

34.

Spain came to Spain for the 3 G's: God, Gold, Glory

a)

True

b)

False

35.

England settled in North America to

a)

support their policy of mercantilism

b)

find gold

c)

develop relationships with the Indians

36.

Mercantilism is an economic policy where a country exports more than they import.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

England would send the colonies raw materials, and the colonies would then sell finished goods back to England.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What European explorer in Georgia is directly responsible for the devastation of American Indians?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Hernando DeSoto

c)

John Cabot

d)

Francisco Coronado

39.

The American Indians were exposed to many deadly disease by the Europeans.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Hernando DeSoto found the gold that he set out to find in Georgia.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The least successful Spanish Colonization attempt was the "Mission Period"

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Spanish missions were located near Mississippian towns so.....

a)

they could overtake them

b)

DeSoto could take their gold

c)

priests could convert the Indians to Christianity

43.

The Spanish Missions were established along the barrier islands off the coast of Georgia

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Where did DeSoto start his exploration?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

North Carolina

d)

Florida

45.

Mississippian Indians had ...

a)

a Hierarchical System

b)

an Autocracy

c)

no government