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Name the states that border Georgia-(hint-FATSN)
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina
100
England started colonies to support what economic policy (raw materials produced and sent back to mother country to produce a finish product)?
Mercantilism
100
Name the Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence-hint-a button was found in the hall next to the wall.
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
100
A municipalities main source of revenue (how it makes money)
Is by user fees and sales taxes
100
What event marked the end of the Creeks in Georgia?
The Treaty of Indian Springs
200
Name the physical region with the largest population -hint-we live in this region
Piedmont region
200
Which product did the colonist produce-hint-WIS?
Wine, Indigo, and Silk
200
What does Separation of Powers mean?
Government being divided into 3 branches
200
What are some examples of unruly behavior?
truancy(skipping school), disobeying your parents, or curfew violation (staying out too late at night)
200
What did Sequoyah create for the Cherokee so they had a written language?
Syllabary
300
The prehistoric North American culture that was the first to live in permanent (all the time) villages was the
Woodland
300
The main reasons for the settlement of the Georgia colony were...
Charity, Economic, and Defense
300
The principles of the Georgia Flag are
Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation
300
What describes a "land grant university" such as University of Georgia (UGA)?
land for the college was donated (did not have to pay back) by the federal government
300
Which event marked the end of the Cherokee in Georgia?
the discovery of gold
400
Which Spanish explorer came to Georgia searching for gold?
Hernando De Soto
400
The French and Indian War led to the American Revolution because
Great Britain was in debt and taxed the colonies to recover the money they lost.
400
What is true about Georgia's General Assembly?
It is bicameral (2 bodies) and its members are elected to a 2 year term-(2-2)
400
What was the purpose of the headright and land lottery system?
It gave away the American Indian land to new settlers
400
What does Antebellum mean?
Before the American Civil War
500
The legal document establishing Georgia as a colony was called a
Charter
500
What was the extreme example of boycotting a good, by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
500
The governor of Georgia is selected by
popular vote to a 4 year term
500
The most important invention in Georgia's economy during the 1790's was the
Cotton Gin
500
What was the American Civil War?
A fight between the North (Union) and the South (Confederates)