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5 major regions of Georgia - Correct answer ✔Costal Plain
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Piedmont
Blue Ridge|||||| ||||||




Plateau
Ridge + Valley |||||| ||||||




Costal Plain - Correct answer ✔Also called "Pine Barrens"
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Stretches from the Atlantic ocean 150 miles inland |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




land is flat and sandy
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covers 60% of the state |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Piedmont - Correct answer ✔Also called "foothills" |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




upland or upcountry |||||| |||||| ||||||




covers 30% of the state |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




characterized by rolling hills, most fertile and most populous region |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Blue Ridge - Correct answer ✔located in the northeast
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tallest mountains in the state + rocky slopes
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Plateau - Correct answer ✔northwest, both flat and gentle slopping
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smallest region in the state |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

,Ridge + Valley - Correct answer ✔located between Plateau and Blue Ridge
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rich soils growth of various hardwoods and land for pasture
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Describe the lives of the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period. - Correct answer
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✔lived near rivers, long growing seasons and large deer populations
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more agriculture = more population and permeant settlements
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Where did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period live? - Correct answer ✔houses
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made out of clay
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caused them to be called mound builders |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What type of society did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period have? - Correct
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answer ✔several villages under a single chief, society was hierarchical
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What did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period eat? - Correct answer ✔deer,
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bean, corn and squash |||||| |||||| ||||||




Which Europeans were the first to arrive in what is now Georgia and who led this
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expedition? - Correct answer ✔Spanish |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Hernando de Soto |||||| ||||||




In what areas of eastern Georgia did the Spanish first establish a presence? - Correct answer
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✔Costal
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What impact did the Spanish have on the Native Americans? - Correct answer ✔1/3
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population died in the first year due to smallpox or measles |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What become of those Native Americans that Survived Spanish diseases? - Correct answer
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✔Became the Creek or Cherokee Indians |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

, What did the Spanish call Georgia and why? - Correct answer ✔Guale
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named after the main chief of the Indians on GA costal Island of St. Catherine's
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What was the name of GA oldest known settlement? - Correct answer ✔Santa Catalina de
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Guale


Besides the Spanish, what other European nations were interested in and tried to establish
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a presence in Georgia? - Correct answer ✔French - went to Canada
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British - went eastern seaboard of US |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What were the 3 reasons for the establishment of Georgia? - Correct answer ✔Philanthropic
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- new start for worthy poor of England and a refugee for persecuted Protestants
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Military - buffer against Spanish in FL+ |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Economic - increase in wealth, produce exotic items |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What 3 categories of restrictions did the Trustee place on Georgia's settlers? - Correct
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answer ✔Land restrictions |||||| |||||| ||||||




Prohibition on hard liquor |||||| |||||| ||||||




Slavery Prohibition ||||||




Describe Oglethorpe's role(s) in the settlement of Georgia. - Correct answer ✔One of the
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trustees of GA |||||| ||||||




Recognized as defector leader |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




met with the chief of the Yamacraws, Tomochichi
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Chose Yamacraw bluff for settlement |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




helped establish Savannah, Augusta and Frederica
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From whom did Oglethorpe get permission to settle on Yamacraw Bluff? - Correct answer
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✔Chief of the Yamacraws, Tomochichi |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

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