Geography
The region of the U.S. we live in.
What is Southeastern region?
The three men who signed the Declaration of Independence on Georgia's behalf.
Who are Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton?
A person who organizes and operates a business
What is an entrepreneur?
an act committed by a juvenile that would not be a criminal offense according to adult law.
What is an unruly act?
The Spanish explorer who is known as the first European in Georgia and known for enslaving American Indians.
Who is Hernando De Soto?
Georgia's smallest region
What is the Appalachian Plateau?
In 1915, this insect whose larva feeds on the cotton plant drastically reduced the state's cotton production.
What is the bollweevil?
The amount of money an entrepreneur or business earns after paying their expenses. It is an incentive for entrepreneurs.
What is profit?
the name of the legislative branch in Georgia that makes the law
What is the General Assembly?
Who is Tomochichi?
The region with the most rainfall.
What is the Blue Ridge region?
This case exposed anti-semitism, prejudice against Jews, in the early 1900s in GA.
What is the Leo Frank case?
Georgia's two deepwater ports used for shipping cargo.
What are Savannah and Brunswick?
Government entities created to serve a unique function for the state or community.
A journalist known for coining the term, "The New South"
Who is Henry Grady?
The region with fertile soil that produces peanuts, peaches, soybeans, and pecans
What is the Coastal Plain?
The Supreme Court's decision that legalized segregation.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The state's largest employer, known as the "economic jewel" of GA
What is the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport?
A tax based on the value of a transaction or of property; usually paid at the time of transaction
What is ad valorem tax?
a group of Protestants from Austria, established the town of Ebenezer.
Who are the Salzburgers?
Natural water boundaries for the state of Georgia.
What are the Chattahoochee, Savannah, and St. Mary's Rivers?
This legislation assisted in WWII efforts by giving money to Great Britain for supplies without sending U.S. troops to war.
What is the Lend Lease Act?
The four transportation systems of GA that contribute to the development and growth of the state's economy.
What are the Interstate Highway System, railroads, deepwater ports, and the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport?
the three principles in the Pledge of Allegiance to the GA flag
What are Justice, Wisdom and Moderation?
Creek chief who illegally signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs; was murdered by his tribesmen for this action
Who is William McIntosh?