Georgia Geography
Which continent is Georgia located on?
North America.
A stick used by early American Indians to propel a spear
Atlatl
Name the five capitals in order.
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
When territories had the right to vote on slavery in their state.
popular sovereignty
What was the stamp Act.
A tax on every product.
Name the five states that physically touch Georgia's boarder?
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
List four Native American tribe from primitive to most advanced.
Palo, Archie, Woodland, Mississippians.
This was Atlanta first name and it means at the end of the line.
Terminus.
When a state declares that a federal law does not apply to them.
nullification
Because of the French and Indian war, this led to a cause of the American Revolution.
The Proclamation of 1763
What physical feature does Georgia and South Carolina Share?
Savannah River.
This Country Claimed Most of the lands on the Eastern part Of the U.S.
Great Britain
This college was the first land grant charter and state supported college in the U.S.
The University of Georgia.
To withdraw or leave from a country.
secede.
Tell me one of the 4 intolerable Acts and what they did.
Boston Port Act
Humid and Mild describe Georgia's Climate?
Warm and dry.
This Country claimed most of the lands in the central part of the U.S.
England.
Which crop Brought in the most money for Georgians Around.
Cotten.
The Union's plan to use naval ships to surround southern port cities and to weaken the Confederacy's economy.
the Anaconda Plan.
What does no taxation without representation Mean
citizens without providing them a voice, vote, or representatives in the legislative body setting those taxes.
This physical protects the main lands of Georgia erosion and tropical storms.
Barrier Islands.
This Country claimed most of the land in Mexico, Florida, And the Caribbean islands.
Spain.
Because of this, Georgia had to give up land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi.
1795 Yazoo land scandal.
What does secede Mean.
To leave or withdraw.
Who were loyalist/tories.
They followed the king.