Match each Georgia Geographic Region to its description.
Blue Ridge ✅wettest region, Appalachian Mountain Range trail begins here
Valley and Ridge ✅the textile industry is the main industry in this region rich soil in between the steep mountains
Appalachian Plateau ✅of the 5 regions, this is the smallest, Nicknamed the Tag corner, coal is a resource here.
Piedmont✅ largest population, second largest land area
Coastal Plain✅ largest land area, home to the Okefenokee swamp, peanuts grow best here.

Which impact was a result of the Spanish mission system?
✅The Spanish missionaries forced Native American's to adopt their religion.

Which factor made the diseases transmitted by Europeans so deadly for the Mississippians
population of North America?
✅Native Americans had no immunity to European diseases.

Which statement best describes Oglethorpe's "dream" for the Georgia colony?
✅to give people from England a chance to start a new life.

The Highland Scots played an important role in settling Georgia during the Trustee Period. Choose 3 correct descriptions about the Highland Scots below
✅established the town of Darien
✅recruited by Oglethorpe to man Georgia's military forts
✅well-known for their bravery and determination in battle

During which period of colonial Georgia did restrictions on land ownership relax and slavery was legalized?
✅Royal Period

Which of the following did NOT make the colonists mad and want to revolt!
✅War of 1812

Which crops were originally traded with England during the colonial period? You must select all the correct answers to earn points for this question.
✅ rice
✅ indigo
✅ cotton

During the colonial period, which countries had economic interest in the Southeast?
✅ Spain
✅England
✅France

Due to the many weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation, the states, including Georgia, wanted to create a ______________ government.
✅strong central

The British held military occupancy in Savannah for most of the American Revolution. In which revolutionary battle did the patriots attempt to recapture the city of Savannah, but failed, leaving Savannah in the hands of the British for the remainder of the war?
✅Siege of Savannah

At the Battle of Kettle Creek, the patriots defeated the Loyalists and boosted the morale of the Georgia Patriots. At the Battle of Kettle Creek, _____________ led the charge but was wounded and lost his horse and ________ helped him and was rewarded with land after the war was over.
✅Elijah Clarke, Austin Dabney

The articles of confederation set up a weak central government and strong state governments. The Articles provided America with a very weak central government because of the American's experience with the British King. The Articles had too many limitations that did not allow government to function smoothly and they had to be replaced by the Constitution.
Congress can make laws ✅but it can't force states to obey them.
Congress could not levy taxes✅ so it couldn't pay the country's debt.
Congress could not raise an army ✅but it can't force states to obey them.
Articles did not create a judicial branch✅ so there was no national court system to decide disputes.
Who are the three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence?
✅Lyman Hall, ✅Button Gwinnett, ✅George Walton

Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin led to a/an ________ in slavery.
✅increase

Four land speculating companies bribed Georgia legislators to sell 35 million acres of land at a very low price. This is know as the
✅Yazoo Land Fraud

Who was the leader for the Creek Nation in Georgia who gave away all remaining Creek land in Georgia to the federal government?
✅William McIntosh

Which of the following is NOT true about the establishment of the University of Georgia?
✅women were admitted in 1785 when the school opened

The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies
✅bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply

Which court case ruled the Cherokee Nation was an independent, sovereign nation where U.S. laws did not apply?
✅Worcester vs. Georgia

Georgia's border expanded west to the Mississippi River as a result of which event in our state's history?
✅The French and Indian War

African American men were elected to the Georgia General Assembly after the passage of which amendment?
✅15th amendment