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1.Which of Georgias physiographic regions occupies the largest land area in the state? Coastal Plains
2.Which states touch Georgias borders? FL, SC, AL, NC, TN
3.Cities located on Georgias Fall Line? Macon, Columbus
4.Which regions of the state are separated by Georgias Fall Line? Piedmont and Coastal Plains
5.Most of Georgias major agricultural products, including peanuts and Vidalia onions, are grown in which region?
Coastal Plains
6.Describe how the barrier islands protect the mainland? They block most of the wind, sand, and water that cause
erosion on the mainland
7.The first permanent English settlement in the New World was at: Jamestown
8.What countries were major colonizers of the New World? Great Britain, France, Spain
9.The first Spanish settlement in what would become part of the United States was at: St Augustine
10. The trade policy of Great Britain with her colonies was called? Mercantilism
11. Know the groups of people that were among the earliest Georgia settlers. English, Scots, Russians
12. Georgias first settlement was made near the present city of? Savannah
13. What were reasons that Oglethorpe wanted to form the colony of Georgia? To relieve the overcrowded debtor
prisons in England.
14. Georgias Charter of 1732 included what types of provisions? Trustees had control over the colony, no slavery
in the colony, banned liquor in the colony
15. Where did Oglethorpe and the first Georgia colonists land when they arrived in Georgia? Yamacraw bluff on
the Savannah River
16. Name the term that BEST describes the kind of people Oglethorpe and his associates wanted to bring to
Georgia? Poor but worthy
17. When did Georgia become a royal colony? 1752
18. How the French and Indian War led to Americas Revolutionary War? Great Britain was heavily in debt after
the war and tried to recover monies by taxing colonies based on the idea that the war had been necessary to
protect the colonies from the French.
19. Why was anti-British sentiment less in Georgia than in the other colonies during the revolutionary period? GA
was a young colony and it still needed support from Great Britain
20. The primary author of the United States Declaration of Independence was? Thomas Jefferson
21. Which of the colonies were the oldest and the youngest? Virginia and Georgia
22. What was the main type of colony established in America? Royal
23. What natural border did the Proclamation Line of 1763 follow? The Appalachian Mt.

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24. The Stamp Act of 1773 resulted in a group of Patriots dressing as Mohawk Indians and tossing 342 chests of tea
into Boston Harbor.
25. What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in 1787 in Philadelphia? To Revise The

Articles of Confederation
26. Who represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787? William Few and Abraham

Baldwin
27. What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? The Federal Government had little

power.
28. What was the purpose of the headright system? To distribute Indian Land to new settlers
29. The Yazoo Land Fraud: Businesses bribed lawmakers who sold land to said business at very low

prices
30. The original names for Atlanta were? Terminus and Marthasville
31. The most important mechanical invention to affect Georgias economy in early 1800s was? Cotton

gin
32. Sequoyahs major contribution to Cherokee culture was? Syllabary
33. What discovery led to the final Indian removal from Georgia? gold
34. The Cherokee nickname for their forced removal from Georgia was? Trail of Tears
35. What land acquisition allowed the U.S. to obtain the most new land? Louisiana Purchase
36. The Great Awakening was a period of political
37. The maximum number of consecutive years that a Georgia governor may serve as the states chief executive
officer is? Eight
38. What are some of the informal powers of the Governor? Honorary head of political party
39. Who is the current governor of Georgia? Nathan Deal
40. According to Georgias Constitution, all government originates from? The people
41. If a person found guilty of a crime thinks that a mistake was made in their trial, they may take their

case to? An appellate court

42. A judge says that a juvenile must spend 60 days in a youth development center. This judgment would

have taken place during what step in the Juvenile Justice system? Dispositional hearing
43. How do the courts in Georgia differ from the legislative and executive branches? They do not start

any action but must wait until cases are brought to them
44. In a criminal case, who files the charges? The government

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45. Why were juvenile courts created? Minors are not fully responsible for their actions
46. How many votes are needed to pass a bill in the full house? 50% plus 1
47. The presiding officer of the Georgia Senate is? Lt Governor
48. The government of Georgia is based on what written document? Constitution
49. In Georgia, the separation of power refers to the division of power between? Branches of government
50. To vote in Georgia you must be how old? 18 years old
51. Name the amendment making slavery illegal in the United States. 13th
52. One who farmed land he did not own with his own equipment and animals is called a? tenant farmer
53. Who was the Union President elected in 1860? Abe Lincoln
54. Where was the Confederate POW camp located in Georgia? Andersonville
55. The Freedmans Bureau was created to do what? Assist the newly freed slaves in adjusting to their

new life
56. The plan to rebuild the South and restore it to the Union was known as: Reconstruction
57. What are some fundamental causes of the Civil War? States Rights
58. What is the Emancipation Proclamation? Freed slaves in the south
59. Name the man that was wrongly accused of murdering Mary Phagan and lynched. Leo Franke
60. Name the 1896 Supreme Court case that upheld separate but equal train cars and opened the door for

even more Jim Crow laws. Plessy v Ferguson

61. This organization grew out of the Niagara Movement of 1909 and stands for National Association for

the Advancement of Colored People. What is the acronym? NAACP

62. A Grandfather clause stated that only those men whose fathers or grandfathers had been eligible vote.
63. Name the man that believed that African Americans could not accept second-class status and should

fight for equality through political action. W.E.B. Dubois

64. He is known for writing the phrase new south, and later becoming editor of the Atlanta Constitution.

Henry Grady
65. A group of three men committed to strong economic ties with the industrial north. (Joseph Brown,

Alfred Colquitt and John Gordon). Bourbon Triumvirate

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66. He believed that by working hard, saving money, and becoming important to the local economies

African Americans could earn the respect of whites. Booker T. Washington

67. Why was WWI so large if it only started as a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia?

A series of interconnected alliances

68. The policy of remaining removed from international diplomacy was called Isolationism
69. Name the term describes the belief that economic problems can work themselves out in the

marketplace without government help or controls? Laissez-faire

70. Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia? Warm Springs
71. What are some underlying reasons for the beginning of WWI in Europe?
72. What were two factors that caused GEORGIA to fall into an economic depression?

Drought and boll-weevil

73. Why did the United States start a Lend-lease system of war equipment in WWII? The allies had no

money.
74. The day the nations stock market crashed, plunging the country into a depression is referred to as

Black Tuesday
75. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) was created by Roosevelt to?

Raise the price of crops by limiting the supply

76. The Great Migration occurred when African-Americans left what part of the country? South

Where did they move to? African-Americans to the north

77. The New Deal programs were intended to? Relieve the suffering of the unemployed
78. The basic wage that workers can be paid per hour is called Minimum wage
79. The overall program of economic improvement that FDR instated was called the New Deal
80. Who was president of the United States when the nation fell into the Great Depression in 1929?

Herbert Hoover
81. The B-29 bombers were built in Georgia at the: Bell Aircraft plant in Marietta
82. How did participants of the SNCC voice their opinions during the Civil Rights movement?

Nonviolent direct actions

83. Why was the Sibley Commission formed? To find out how GA felt about desegregating the schools
84. Name the men who claimed to be governor during Georgias infamous Three Governors Episode?

Herman Talmadge

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85. What Civil Rights approach did Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.s use to gain equality and civil rights for all

citizens? Direct and nonviolent actions such as: marches, sit-ins, protests; economic boycotts of
businesses; legal actions for those that violated the civil rights of individuals
86. What was the purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?

To promote civil Rights to all individuals

87. What was the main focus of Georgias Albany Movement? To integrate interstate bus station waiting

rooms
88. Which method of influencing political decision-making led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

The power of public opinion by watching TV news reports

89. Jimmy Carters accomplishments as PRESIDENT included The Camp David Peace Accord between

Egypt and Israel.