Georgia Milestones SS8 Review Who's who
in Georgia history? Questions with Complete
Solutions
Ku Klux Klan White supremacist terror group founded in Tennessee after the Civil War
Tomochichi Yamacraw chief who negotiated the land cession which established the
Georgia colony
Salzburgers a group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due
to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the towns of Ebenezer and
New Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists. Many died in the first couple of
years because of disease.
Jews They were doctors and wine specialists . Arrived 5 months after Oglethorpe. Needed
a new doctor after the first one died, and 19 others, because yellow fever was running rampant in
Savannah.
, Highland Scots Early immigrants to the Georgia colony Per Oglethorpe, settled Darien,
Ga. Were fierce fighters/helped defend border w/Spanish Florida. Anti-slavery and valued hard-
work/religion.
Appalachain Plateau the western most region of Georgia. It features cooler temperatures
than the rest of the state and borders Alabama and Tennessee. Cool, mild climate and rainy.
Mining, small amount of agriculture (corn and soybeans), hard wood forest, tourism, and pasture.
Ridge and Valley Between Blue Ridge and Appalachian Plateau and above Piedmont. It is
a mild and humid climate. Farming is good in the valleys, not son much in the ridges. Tree
farming in the ridges. Iron mining, agriculture, textiles, and trains.
Blue Ridge North of Piedmont and East of Ridge and Valley. Has Appalachian mountains.
Has highest mountains and Brasstown Bald. Rainy and cool climate. Mining, tourism, agriculture
(small farms that produce apples, corn and vegetable, pastures are home to large animals), and
harvesting of timber.
Piedmont North of Coastal Plain, South of other 3, 30% of state. Mild climate in winter
and occasional snow, good rain and warm summers (90). Jobs, trade, GA Power, businessess,
agriculture (cotton, soybeans, wheat, poultry/eggs, hogs, cattle/beef), tourism, and Coke-A-Cola.
in Georgia history? Questions with Complete
Solutions
Ku Klux Klan White supremacist terror group founded in Tennessee after the Civil War
Tomochichi Yamacraw chief who negotiated the land cession which established the
Georgia colony
Salzburgers a group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due
to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the towns of Ebenezer and
New Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists. Many died in the first couple of
years because of disease.
Jews They were doctors and wine specialists . Arrived 5 months after Oglethorpe. Needed
a new doctor after the first one died, and 19 others, because yellow fever was running rampant in
Savannah.
, Highland Scots Early immigrants to the Georgia colony Per Oglethorpe, settled Darien,
Ga. Were fierce fighters/helped defend border w/Spanish Florida. Anti-slavery and valued hard-
work/religion.
Appalachain Plateau the western most region of Georgia. It features cooler temperatures
than the rest of the state and borders Alabama and Tennessee. Cool, mild climate and rainy.
Mining, small amount of agriculture (corn and soybeans), hard wood forest, tourism, and pasture.
Ridge and Valley Between Blue Ridge and Appalachian Plateau and above Piedmont. It is
a mild and humid climate. Farming is good in the valleys, not son much in the ridges. Tree
farming in the ridges. Iron mining, agriculture, textiles, and trains.
Blue Ridge North of Piedmont and East of Ridge and Valley. Has Appalachian mountains.
Has highest mountains and Brasstown Bald. Rainy and cool climate. Mining, tourism, agriculture
(small farms that produce apples, corn and vegetable, pastures are home to large animals), and
harvesting of timber.
Piedmont North of Coastal Plain, South of other 3, 30% of state. Mild climate in winter
and occasional snow, good rain and warm summers (90). Jobs, trade, GA Power, businessess,
agriculture (cotton, soybeans, wheat, poultry/eggs, hogs, cattle/beef), tourism, and Coke-A-Cola.
