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Georgia Studies (Georgia Milestones Review)
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A final review for the GA Milestones Assessment
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1
First African American Mayor of Atlanta.
Benjamin Mays
Maynard Jackson
Melvin Thompson
Martin Luther King Jr.
2
Why have many of Georgia's cities and industries grown up alone the fall line?
Railroads were already built there.
The land along the fall line was fertile for farming.
Ships can travel northward from there to the northeast
Rapidly flowing rivers were a source of energy.
3
One of the reasons for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a buffer colony. Georgia was
a military protective zone between British and Spanish
an outpost for pirates attacking Spanish galleons.
an agricultural station experimenting with cotton plants
a colony for settlement by the poor
4
Famous for his March to the Sea during the Civil War
John Marshall
William T. Sherman
Jefferson Davis
5
Why did Hernando de Soto explore much of Georgia in 1540?
He wanted to build forts and missions in the area.
He believed he would find a passage to Asia through Georgia.
He was searching for the magical Fountain of Youth.
He was attracted by possible large gold deposits.
6
Who believed Af. Americans should take actions through political & social means, not economics?
Alonzo Herndon
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
7
What is not a branch of government?
Economic
Executive
Legislative
8
Who was the leader of the Civil Rights movement?
Gandhi
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
9
What 2 houses make up the GA General Assembly?
Congress and House of Representative
Senate and Congress
House of Representative & Senate
10
Who was taken from prison and lynched in public, after being accused of killing Mary Phagan?
Jim Crow
John Hope
Leo Frank
11
When should people buy less on credit?
when they have no savings account
when interest rates are low
when they have no collateral
when they have other debts
12
Where is the largest single-container facility on the East Coast located?
Brunswick
Jekyll Island
Savannah
Columbus
13
Which region believed the states should be able to govern themselves w-out interface with gov't
Northern States
Pacific Coast states
Southern States
Great Lakes states
14
What was the 14th Amendment?
Gave slaves right to vote
Granted citizenship to freed slaves
Gave women right to vote
15
What is the largest expense for GA's government?
workforce
health care
education
16
What was one of the events that led GA into a depression?
rain
boll weevil
lack of workforce
17
Which is NOT a major route of transportation in Georgia?
interstates
subways
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport
18
Who was governor of GA during the Great Depression and spoke out against FDR's New Deal?
Henry Grady
Dred Scot
Eugene Talmadge
19
Which branch of Georgia's government is the largest?
legislative branch
local branch
judicial branch
executive branch
20
As founders of important Georgia businesses, J. Pemberton, T. Cathy, and T.Turner are called...
entrepreneurs.
employees.
immigrants.
laborers.
21
What is NOT a voting requirements for GA?
at least 21 years old
live in the county where you vote
citizen of the US
22
What is the only region of Georgia that contains coal (a fossil fuel)?
Appalachian Plateau
Coastal Plain
Piedmont
23
About how many people were killed during the Holocaust?
1 million Jews as well as 1 million "undesirables"
6 million Jews as well as 6 million "undesirables"
2 million Jews as well as 2 million "undesirables"
24
Who was the only president from Georgia?
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
25
What was the first state to secede?
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
26
Who were the two main groups of Native Americans in Georgia during the early 1800s?
Creek & Cherokee
Cherokee & Sequoah
Sequoyah & Creek
27
What is the time after the Civil War called that allowed the south to reenter the U. S.?
Cotton Era
Reconstruction
The New South
28
What did the GA General Assembly change to protest Brown v. Board of Education?
the state flag
the GA Constitution
the state capital
29
How did the colonies benefit Great Britain economically?
The colonies traded with one another for goods and services
The colonies enabled G. Britain to manufacture goods to sell
The colonies imported raw materials from Great Britain.
The colonies manufactured goods for Great Britain.
30
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is associated with the
"remembrance of his father."
March on Washington D.C.
eulogy given at his funeral.
Montgomery bus boycott.
31
First Spanish explorer to set foot in Georgia
Henry Ellis
James Oglethorpe
Hernando DeSoto
Austin Dabney
32
What document, issued by Abraham Lincoln, freed all slaves in southern states?
U.S. Constitution
Emancipation Proclamation
Bill of Rights
33
Georgia's signer of the Declaration of Independence
Lyman Hall
Austin Dabney
Button Gwinnett
George Walton
34
What 2 events caused the US to enter World War I?
Zimmerman Telegram & Bombing at Pearl Harbor
Sinking of Lusitania AND Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of Lusitania & Bombing at Pearl Harbor
35
Which person would make a drastic adjustment to a new physical and geographic environment?
A computer programmer moving from Boston to Atlanta
A Georgia miner moving from the plateau region to W. Virgina
A Georgia cotton farmer moving to Canada
A logger moving from the Georgia mountains to northern Maine
36
What is the set of laws & governing document of the state?
GA Laws of Citizenship
GA Bill of Rights
GA Constitution
37
What was the US Supreme Court case that ruled slaves weren't citizens & therefore couldn't sue?
Plessy vs Ferguson
Brown vs Board of Education
Dred Scot
38
What Civil Rights event was in Washington DC that included the I Have a Dream speech?
March on Washington
The Albany Movement
Montgomery Bus Boycott
39
What famous statement refers to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
"we have only begun to fight"
"the British are coming"
"shot heard around the world"
"day that will live in infamy"
40
Interpreter between James Oglethorpe and Chief of the Yamacraw Indians.
Mary Musgrove
Sequoyah
Nancy Hart
41
The "Georgia Platform" was a statement supporting....
the Compromise of 1850.
states' rights.
popular sovereignty.
slavery throughout the United States.
42
What are the most serious criminal crimes called?
insurrections
misdemeanors
felonies
torts
43
Which describes Booker T. Washington's belief?
Aff. Americans should improve lives by learning to read
Af. Americans should accept their place in society
Af. Americans should improve lives through economic means
44
What stance did the US take at the START of WWII?
proponent (for the war)
neutral
opponent (opposed the war)
45
Where does the government get most of its revenue?
taxes
exports
international business
46
What was the centerpiece of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy?
isolationism
human rights
containing communism
international free trade
47
What Sup. Court case upheld the Jim Crow laws and kept segregation legal? (Separate but equal)
Plessy vs Ferguson
Brown vs Board
Jim Crow Law
48
What was Franklin Roosevelt's plan to end the depression?
The Great Deal
The Better Deal
The New Deal
49
Name the job of the Executive branch of government.
Enforces the law
Interprets the law
Makes the law
50
Name the job of the Judicial branch of government.
Enforces the law
Makes the law
Interprets the law
