Georgia's Geography
This physical feature separates Georgia’s Piedmont from the Coastal Plain.
What is the Fall Line?
He was the founder of Georgia and its first leader.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
This tax placed on paper goods led to protests by the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
The key issue that caused tensions between the North and South.
What is slavery?
The 39th President of the United States from Georgia.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
The largest freshwater swamp in North America, located in Georgia.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
This document established the colony of Georgia in 1732.
What is the Charter of 1732?
The only Georgia battle won by the Patriots during the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
This Union general led the famous "March to the Sea" through Georgia.
Who is William T. Sherman?
This movement, led by figures like Martin Luther King Jr., aimed to end segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
These islands protect Georgia’s mainland from hurricanes and erosion.
What are the Barrier Islands?
This group of early Georgia settlers was known for their military skills and helped defend the colony from Spanish attacks.
Who were the Highland Scots?
This 1779 battle was an attempt to retake Savannah from British control.
What is the Siege of Savannah?
The Civil War prison in Georgia where thousands of Union soldiers died.
What is Andersonville Prison?
The event in Atlanta that brought global attention to Georgia in 1996.
What are the 1996 Olympic Games?
The two rivers that form part of Georgia’s borders.
What are the Chattahoochee and Savannah Rivers?
The Native American leader who helped Oglethorpe establish Savannah.
Who was Tomochichi?
The three Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who were Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton?
The period after the Civil War when Southern states were rebuilt and reintegrated into the U.S.
What is Reconstruction?
The Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The five geographic regions of Georgia.
What are the Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, and Appalachian Plateau?
These were the three main reasons for the settlement of Georgia.
What are philanthropy, economics, and defense?
The first written form of government in the United States that was later replaced by the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The three Reconstruction Amendments.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
The major industries that contribute to Georgia’s economy today.
What are agriculture, film, tourism, and technology?