GEOGRAPHY (SS8G1)
Name the five geographic regions of Georgia.
What are the Appalachian Mountains, Ridge and Valley, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Fall Line?
This Supreme Court case of 1857 ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and intensified sectional tensions.
What is the Dred Scott case?
This act allowed the U.S. to supply weapons to Britain before officially entering World War II.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
This landmark Supreme Court case declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional in schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Name the four principles in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Georgia Flag.
What are wisdom, justice, moderation, and courage?
This physical feature separates the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain and was important for water power and transportation.
What is the Fall Line?
Name three key issues that led to the Civil War in Georgia.
What are slavery, states' rights, and the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860? (Accept: nullification, Compromise of 1850, or the Georgia Platform)
Name the event that brought the United States into World War II.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Georgia responded to Brown v. Board of Education in 1956 by adopting a new flag. What symbol was added to the flag?
What is the Confederate battle emblem (or Confederate symbol)?
The Georgia Constitution has four main parts. Name them.
What are the preamble, bill of rights, articles, and amendments?
These two rivers are key physical features of Georgia and were vital to the state's historical development and economic growth.
What are the Chattahoochee and Savannah Rivers?
This general led the famous march through Georgia to the sea, devastating the state during the Civil War.
Who is General William Tecumseh Sherman?
This Georgia facility produced bombers during World War II and was crucial to the war effort.
What is the Bell Bomber Plant?
Name two key individuals who played important roles in Georgia's Civil Rights Movement.
Who are Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis?
Explain the concept of separation of powers in Georgia's government.
What is the division of government into three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—each with distinct powers?
Name three key physical features of Georgia and explain why water was important to Georgia's economic growth.
What are the Appalachian Mountains, Okefenokee Swamp, and barrier islands? (Water provided transportation, trade routes, and ports for economic development.)
Name two major Civil War battles or events that took place in Georgia.
What are the Battle of Chickamauga, Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Andersonville Prison?
Name two Georgia cities with shipyards that contributed to the war effort during World War II.
What are Savannah and Brunswick?
This Georgia governor strongly resisted the 1964 Civil Rights Act and even closed public schools rather than integrate them.
Who is Lester Maddox?
List three rights and responsibilities of Georgia citizens according to the Georgia Constitution.
What are voting, serving on juries, obeying laws, paying taxes, and participating in government?
Explain how Georgia's location in relation to region, nation, continent, and hemispheres affects its climate and agriculture.
What is Georgia's location in the Southeast region of the United States, in North America, in the Western Hemisphere, which gives it a subtropical to temperate climate supporting diverse agriculture?
Explain Georgia's role in the Civil War, including the Union blockade and its impact on the state's economy.
What is the Union blockade cut off Georgia's coastal trade, the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people, and Sherman's campaigns destroyed infrastructure and resources?
Explain the economic and military contributions of Richard Russell and Carl Vinson to Georgia during World War II.
What is they supported military production and defense spending in Georgia, helping establish military bases, shipyards, and defense industries that boosted the state's economy?
Describe Georgia's response to the Civil Rights Movement, including the role of the Sibley Commission.
What is the Sibley Commission studied school desegregation and recommended gradual integration, while Georgia initially resisted through the flag change and other resistance efforts?
Explain how checks and balances work among Georgia's three branches of government.
What is each branch has powers to limit the other branches, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful?