Georgia Studies 1st Semester

Georgia Geography

100

The city of Atlanta gets its water from this river. 

Chattahoochee River

200

This river runs along the boarder of South Carolina and Georgia

Savannah River

300

This Georgia region is home to the city of Atlanta

Piedmont

400

This is the largest freshwater swamp in the South-East

Okefenokee Swamp

500

This Georgia region is known for its pine tree farms, pecan farms, shipping, and trade

Coastal Plains Region

Georgia Exploration

100

He is recognized as the first European to discover America.

Christopher Columbus

200

These 4 European countries fought for power of North America during the age of exploration. 

Spain, France, England, and Portugal

300

How did Europeans travel to North America?

ship

400

He is the first European to explore Georgia

Hernando DeSoto

500

These are the 3 reasons for European Exploration (3 G's) 

Gold, God, Glory

Georgia Colony

100

The state of Georgia was named after this King of England. 

King George II

200

Georgia was only and colony and the last colony not to have this intuition of forced labor. 

slavery

300

This was the main source of Georgia's agricultural economy during the Colonial era. 

Tobacco

400

This was just one of the many rules enforced by the Georgia colony that the people had to follow. 

No liquor

No Catholics

No Jews

No Blacks

500

This group of people introduced slavery to the Georgia colony. 

Malcontents

Georgia Natives

100

These two tribes are Native to Georgia

Creek & Cherokee

200

This technological invention pushed Natives off their lands and made travel faster across the states.  

railroad

300

This is what Native Americans had that new Americans and Europeans wanted and took from them. 

land

400

This U.S President was considered one of the worse in U.S history due to his treatment of the Native Americans and featured on the $20 bill. 

Andrew Jackson

500

This single event forcefully removed all Native Tribes out of the state of Georgia, hundreds of thousands died due to starvation on their walk to Indian Territory.

Trail of Tears

Georgia Slavery

100

Abolition

to end slavery

200

This group of people was the first to become enslaved in America. 

Native Americans 

300

The invention of this device increased the demand for slavery throughout the south. 

Cotton Gin

400

This law forced runaway slaves to be returned back to their masters and into the institution of slavery. 

The Fugative Slave Act

500

This president angered southerners so much they seceded from the Union. 

Abraham Lincoln