Duplicate of Duplicate of Check Point Challenge 3

Question 1

Why are GA state agencies important to the efficient functioning of the state? (EX: DOT, DNR, Public Safety)

Accepted Answer

They allow GA's executive branch to enforce state laws

Question 2

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger the colonist?

Accepted Answer

Prohibited them from moving west of the Appalachians

Question 3

What taxes generate the MOST revenue (money) for the state of GA?

Accepted Answer

individual income tax

Question 4

Why did the Spanish establish missions on the barrier islands?

Accepted Answer

To convert the Indians to Christianity

Question 5

John Ross was chief of the Cherokee Indians

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Which term BEST describes British economic policy during the colonial period?

Accepted Answer

Mercantilist

Question 7

The GA colony was founded to produce which two goods? They were unsuccessful.

Accepted Answer

wine and silk

Question 8

GA played a huge role in the Constitutional Convention because it would not waive on its stance on what?

Accepted Answer

the institution of slavery

Question 9

What is the last step in adult criminal trials?

Accepted Answer

sentencing

Question 10

There were 6 capitals in GA

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

What groups accomplish most of the legislative work in the GA Assembly?

Accepted Answer

Committees

Question 12

What American Indian Culture was the first to encounter European explorers in GA?

Accepted Answer

MIssissippian

Question 13

The purpose of the headright system was to encourage settlers to....

Accepted Answer

move into unsettled parts of the state

Question 14

Why did the legislature decide to make Louisville the state capital?

Accepted Answer

The state's population was centered around this area as it moved west.

Question 15

Who helped Oglethorpe and the colonist develop good relationships with the American Indians?

Accepted Answer

Mary Musgrove

Question 16

Louisville was located near the Ogeechee River in the center of GA

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What US President ignored the Supreme Courts ruling on Worcester v Georigia?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 18

Milledgeville was the 3rd capital of GA

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

One of the main reasons the GA Colony was founded by Great Britain was..

Accepted Answer

to defend the other colonies from the Spanish

Question 20

Most of the Native Americans in GA were Cherokee Indians

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Whose land was often given away as a result of GA's Land Lotteries?

Accepted Answer

Native American's Land

Question 22

The Fall Line separates what two regions in GA?

Accepted Answer

Coastal Plain and Piedmont

Question 23

How are GA's state senate and house of representatives similar?

Accepted Answer

They are elected to serve two-year terms in office

Question 24

Invention of the cotton gin replaced the need for slavery and we saw a drop in slavery population.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Georgia shares a boarder with the following states, except..

Accepted Answer

Arkansas

Question 26

Marthasville was another name considered for Atlanta.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What was the outcome of the Battle of Kettlecreek?

Accepted Answer

Colonist won and the Patriot morale improved

Question 28

Abraham Baldwin drafted the charter for the University of GA

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

McIntosh was chief of the Creek Indians

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta is the order of capitals of GA

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

What nickname was given to the forced removal of the Cherokee from GA?

Accepted Answer

Trail of Tears

Question 32

Why did Abraham Baldwin say in his charter that the University of GA was needed?

Accepted Answer

An educated people was needed to maintain a free government

Question 33

Which two ways did GA's leaders encourage colonist to stay as they transitioned to the Royal Colony?

Accepted Answer

legalized slavery and relaxed land ownership laws

Question 34

The Chattahoochee River is the primary water source for what region of Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Piedmont

Question 35

Why was it important for the US Constitution to create a strong central government?

Accepted Answer

To provide protection against a growing American Indian threat

Question 36

What happened at the Siege of Savannah?

Accepted Answer

The siege was a failed attempt by American forces to take back Savannah.

Question 37

What was a strength of the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

Strong state government

Question 38

After the Yazoo Land Fraud, what became GA's western border?

Accepted Answer

Chattahoochee River

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