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WorksheetsGMAS Review Part 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 36mins
Who was the founder of Georgia?
Tomochichi
James Oglethorpe
Elijah Clarke
Mary Musgrove
This region of Georgia contains the highest elevation and receives more rainfall of any other region.
Coastal Plain
Valley and Ridge
Appalachian Plateau
Blue Ridge
Which area is mostly made up of underdeveloped islands along Georgia's coast?
What is the area from the last question called?
Fall Line
Blue Ridge Mountains
Barrier Islands
Fall Line
What river flows from northern Georgia along the Georgia/Alabama border?
What is the area from the last question called?
Fall Line
Chattahoochee River
Barrier Islands
Savannah River
Where is the region that is low-lying, mostly flat, farmland?
What geological boundary divides the rocks of the Coastal Plain from those of the Piedmont?
flat line
false line
fall line
proclamation line
Large but shallow wetland in southeast Georgia and northeast Florida.
Dismal Swamp
Black Swamp
Old Georgia Swamp
Okefenokee Swamp
(a) were the only Native Americans who made contact with the first Europeans.
Out of the 13 colonies, which one was the last to become a colony for the British?
Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
South Carolina
River that begins is SC, flows long the SC and GA border and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
Okefenokee Swamp
Mississippi River
Chattachoochee River
Savannah River
What document was signed by King George II to establish the royal colony of Georgia?
Charter of 1732
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Spanish conquistador who landed in FL and explored GA, and killed many Native Americans
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Mary Musgrove
Hernando de Soto
What THREE groups explored the majority of southeast Georgia in search of gold, God and glory?
British
German
French
Spanish
(a) was the woman who translated between Oglethorpe and the Creek Natives, including their chief (b)
The group of mostly Scottish colonists who opposed the policies of the Trustees and complained alot.
Salzburgers
Malcontents
Highland Scots
Royal Governors
This was the first city founded in the state of Georgia and was founded by Oglethorpe.
Savannah
Atlanta
Louisville
Augusta
(a) were banned by Oglethorpe, but other colonists thought they needed them to work the land.
This Creek leader who acted as a mediator between the British settlers and the Native population.
Tomochichi
Alexander McGillivray
Mary Musgrove
Sequoya
(a) are where the Spanish converted the Native Americans and they were mostly located in the (b)
The time period from 1732 to 1752, where a group of men ruled the colony of Georgia.
King George II Period
Trustee Period
Royal Period
Mississippian Period
What was the name of the first Constitution of the U.S. that created a weak national government.
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Who are the signers of the Declaration of Independence that came from Georgia?
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
William McIntosh
George Walton
On what day was the Declaration of Independence ratified?
April 7, 1779
July 4, 1776
September 15, 1779
June 4, 1776
Who was the slave who became the only African-American who help fight in the Battle of Kettle Creek?
Dred Scott
Elijah Clarke
William Few
Austin Dabney
The (a) was a machine invented to (b) making it easier and more productive to sell in the mid 1700s.
A system of giving land to those people willing to leave Britain and settle in the colonies
Headright System
Land Lottery
Yazoo Land Fraud
Trail of Tears
Georgia citizens could register win land previously held by the Creek and Cherokee Natives.
Land Lottery
Headright System
Trail of Tears
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Patriot in Georgia who killed several Loyalist soldiers and dressed up like a man to become a spy.
Ashley Williams
Nancy Hart
Mary Hart
Mary Musgrove
Who was the president of the US who ordered the Cherokee and Creek off Georgian lands that was already granted to them?
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Cherokee scholar who invented a written system to transcribe the Cherokee language and started the newspaper.
William McIntosh
Sequoyah
John Ross
Alexander McGillivray
Colonists during the American Revolution who remained on the side of the British Government and the King.
Loyalist
Patriot
Scalawag
Carpet Bagger
Person who supported breaking away from the British government and the King.
Loyalist
Patriot
Scalawag
Malcontent
Creek chief that supported the United States in its efforts to take Creek land and was killed by his own people.
Sequoya
William McIntosh
John Ross
Alexander McGillvray
Match the following cases with the decision.
Plessy v. Ferguson
"Separate, but equal" is legal
Dred Scott v. Sanford
African Americans were not citizens and had no rights in the court
Brown v. Board of Education
Declared "Separate, but equal" illegal
Worcester v. Georgia
State cannot enforce laws with Native Americans
Where Native American groups were force to walk from southeast Georgia to reservations east of Mississippi.
Long, hard journey
Path of least resistance
Trail of Tears
Longest walk ever
Controversial cheap sale of land by the governor of Georgia and legislature. It was later nullified (gotten rid of)
Land Lottery Policy
Headright System
Yazoo Land Fraud
Great Depression
King George III imposed these to gain money and pay off debt from the French and Indian War.
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act, Sugar Act and other taxes
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Kettle Creek
How did the development of the cotton gin influence the economy of Georgia?
Planting cotton was quicker and increased wages
Cotton mills were more efficient and helped industrialize Georgia
Cotton was sent to the north quickly, and raised cotton prices
Cotton was processed faster, and increased cotton planting
(a) was the executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring an end to slavery in states that seceded.
What is the largest battle that was fought in Georgia during the Civil War?
Jonesboro
Atlanta
Chickamauga
Kennesaw
How did Sherman's March to the Sea affect the state of Georgia?
It diverted Union attention away from Georgia and let the militia recover
It destroyed Georgia's agriculture and roads and hurt the economy
Georgia citizens were proud of him and what he did for the war effort
This was the first time Union army entered the state of Georgia
What role did Henry McNeal Turner play in the Southern Reconstruction effort?
He helped found the KKK
He was the principal leader in southern politics and society
He was Georgia's first African American U.S. Senator
He created political/religious organizations for free slaves.
Match the following job titles to their description.
Sharecropping
Farmers who cultivated somone else's land and gave a percentage of their profit
Tenant Farming
Farmers who paid rent for cultivating on someone else's land
Landowners
Farmers who gave some of their land for someone else to cultivate
This was a strategy by the Union Navy to prevent the South from trading its goods with Europe.
Sherman's Bow Ties
Andersonville
Reconstruction
Union Blockade
Agreement between slave and non-slave states that new states come into the union in equal numbers.
Missouri Compromise
Freedmen's Bureau
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Georgia Platform
In which region of the US would you find Georgia?
Which man is President Carter?
What are these men doing in this picture?
This is depicting the Camp David Accords and promoting peace
Signing the rights away from two countries to the US
This is depicting the Iran Contra Affair
This is depicting the agreement of a treaty for the Panama Canal
