8th grade GEORGIA STUDIES FINAL
EXAM
Which of Georgia's physiographic regions occupies the largest land area in
the state? Correct answers Coastal Plains
Which states touch Georgia's borders? Correct answers FL, SC, AL,
NC, TN Cities located on Georgia's Fall Line? Correct answers
Macon, Columbus
Which regions of the state are separated by Georgia's Fall Line? Correct
answers Piedmont and Coastal Plains
Most of Georgia's major agricultural products, including peanuts and Vidalia
onions, are grown in which region? Correct answers Coastal Plains
Describe how the barrier islands protect the mainland? Correct answers
They block most of the wind, sand, and water that cause erosion on the
mainland
The first permanent English settlement in the New World was at:
Correct answers Jamestown
What countries were major colonizers of the New World? Correct answers
Great Britain, France, Spain
The first Spanish settlement in what would become part of the United
States was at: Correct answers St Augustine
The trade policy of Great Britain with her colonies was called?
Correct answers Mercantilism
the groups of people that were among the earliest Georgia settlers.
Correct answers English, Scots, Russians
Georgia's first settlement was made near the present city of?
Correct answers Savannah
What were reasons that Oglethorpe wanted to form the colony of
Georgia? Correct answers To relieve the overcrowded debtor prisons in
England.
, Georgia's Charter of 1732 included what types of provisions? Correct
answers Trustees had control over the colony, no slavery in the colony,
banned liquor in the colony
Where did Oglethorpe and the first Georgia colonists land when they
arrived in Georgia? Correct answers Yamacraw bluff on the Savannah
River
Name the term that BEST describes the kind of people Oglethorpe and his
associates wanted to bring to Georgia? Correct answers Poor but worthy
When did Georgia become a royal colony? Correct answers 1752
How the French and Indian War led to America's Revolutionary War? Correct
answers Great Britain was heavily in debt after the war and tried to recover
monies by taxing colonies based on the idea that the war had been
necessary to protect the colonies from the French.
Why was anti-British sentiment less in Georgia than in the other colonies
during the revolutionary period? Correct answers GA was a young colony
and it still needed support from Great Britain
The primary author of the United States' Declaration of Independence
was? Correct answers Thomas Jefferson
Which of the colonies were the oldest and the youngest? Correct answers
Virginia and Georgia
What was the main type of colony established in America? Correct answers
Royal
What natural border did the Proclamation Line of 1763 follow? Correct
answers The Appalachian Mt.
resulted in a group of Patriots dressing as Mohawk Indians and tossing 342
chests of tea into Boston Harbor. Correct answers The Stamp Act of 1773
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in 1787 in
Philadelphia? Correct answers To Revise The Articles of Confederation
Who represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Correct answers William Few and Abraham Baldwin
What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? Correct
answers The Federal Government had little power.
What was the purpose of the headright system? Correct answers To
distribute Indian Land to new settlers
EXAM
Which of Georgia's physiographic regions occupies the largest land area in
the state? Correct answers Coastal Plains
Which states touch Georgia's borders? Correct answers FL, SC, AL,
NC, TN Cities located on Georgia's Fall Line? Correct answers
Macon, Columbus
Which regions of the state are separated by Georgia's Fall Line? Correct
answers Piedmont and Coastal Plains
Most of Georgia's major agricultural products, including peanuts and Vidalia
onions, are grown in which region? Correct answers Coastal Plains
Describe how the barrier islands protect the mainland? Correct answers
They block most of the wind, sand, and water that cause erosion on the
mainland
The first permanent English settlement in the New World was at:
Correct answers Jamestown
What countries were major colonizers of the New World? Correct answers
Great Britain, France, Spain
The first Spanish settlement in what would become part of the United
States was at: Correct answers St Augustine
The trade policy of Great Britain with her colonies was called?
Correct answers Mercantilism
the groups of people that were among the earliest Georgia settlers.
Correct answers English, Scots, Russians
Georgia's first settlement was made near the present city of?
Correct answers Savannah
What were reasons that Oglethorpe wanted to form the colony of
Georgia? Correct answers To relieve the overcrowded debtor prisons in
England.
, Georgia's Charter of 1732 included what types of provisions? Correct
answers Trustees had control over the colony, no slavery in the colony,
banned liquor in the colony
Where did Oglethorpe and the first Georgia colonists land when they
arrived in Georgia? Correct answers Yamacraw bluff on the Savannah
River
Name the term that BEST describes the kind of people Oglethorpe and his
associates wanted to bring to Georgia? Correct answers Poor but worthy
When did Georgia become a royal colony? Correct answers 1752
How the French and Indian War led to America's Revolutionary War? Correct
answers Great Britain was heavily in debt after the war and tried to recover
monies by taxing colonies based on the idea that the war had been
necessary to protect the colonies from the French.
Why was anti-British sentiment less in Georgia than in the other colonies
during the revolutionary period? Correct answers GA was a young colony
and it still needed support from Great Britain
The primary author of the United States' Declaration of Independence
was? Correct answers Thomas Jefferson
Which of the colonies were the oldest and the youngest? Correct answers
Virginia and Georgia
What was the main type of colony established in America? Correct answers
Royal
What natural border did the Proclamation Line of 1763 follow? Correct
answers The Appalachian Mt.
resulted in a group of Patriots dressing as Mohawk Indians and tossing 342
chests of tea into Boston Harbor. Correct answers The Stamp Act of 1773
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in 1787 in
Philadelphia? Correct answers To Revise The Articles of Confederation
Who represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Correct answers William Few and Abraham Baldwin
What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? Correct
answers The Federal Government had little power.
What was the purpose of the headright system? Correct answers To
distribute Indian Land to new settlers
