Geography
Native Americans
History
Government
Civics
100

Which characteristics are all included in the study of physical geography?

Location, climate, water usage

100

Which Native American Nation was moved during the Trail of Tears?

Cherokee

100

  1. What was significant about Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton?

  1. They each signed the Declaration of Independence on behalf of Georgia

100
  • The concept of having different branches of government and or different levels of government responsible for different things is called what?

checks and balances

100

What type of law involves the transfer of money as punishment. (Civil or Criminal)

Civil

200

Which three of the following weather phenomena are most common in Georgia?

  1. Tropical storms

  2. Tornadoes

200

The Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian people were

  1. Native Americans who lived in Georgia prior to European arrival.

200

Loyalists can best be described as which of the following?

  1. Colonists who supported the king.

200

The legislative, executive, and judicial branches each have different responsibilities so that one branch is no more powerful than the others. What is the system called?

separation of powers

200

What type of court would a 15 year old person visit for theft or vandalism? 

Juvenile Court

300

Which of the following is most affected by a location’s elevation?

  1. Temperature

300

Hernando DeSoto’s expedition to Georgia had what effect on Native Americans?

DeSoto’s men killed many Native Americans with weapons and diseases.

300

Which of the following people would have most likely been a Malcontent?

  1. A Georgian during the trustee period who wanted more land and slaves

300
  • How old do you have to be to vote in Georgia?

18

300

Criminal law deals with private disputes such as divorce, property ownership, contracts and personal injury. True or False

False

400

Which of the following states border Georgia?

AL, TN, FL

400

Who was the President that ordered the removal of the Cherokee from their and causing the Trail of Tears?

Andrew Jackson

400

Why were the laws of the trustees overturned?

  1. Economic reasons

400

What is the name of the legislative body in the Georgia state government?

Georgia General Assembly

400

Offences such as Murder, Armed Robbery, Rape are considered what type of crime?

Criminal

500

Which geographic term describes an area of high relatively flat land?

Plateau

500

Who was the person that signed the land of his Native American people to the government and was later punished by his own family. 

Chief William McIntosh

500

Georgia’s first royal governor had many problems with the colonial legislature and was removed. Who was this?

  1. John Reynolds

500

In order for a bill to pass through the legislative body, it must be studied by

Committees

500

Is skipping school unruly or delinquent behavior under the law?

Unruly

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