Georgia Studies GMAS Part 1

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  1. 1. These protect Georgia's coastline from erosion from tropical storms.
  2. 6. This part of the “Three G’s” represents explorers’ desire to become famous for their discoveries in the New World.
  3. 7. This region of GA is the largest.
  4. 9. Mountain range that runs throughout the northern regions of Georgia.
  5. 12. This invention made the production of cotton much faster.
  6. 14. This is the most advanced era of Native American culture in the United States.
  7. 15. This region of GA is the “Carpet Capital of the World”.
  8. 16. ____ De Soto was the first explore to lead a mission through what is now Georgia.
  9. 20. The colonists did not think it was fair to have taxation without ___ .
  10. 27. James ______ is considered the founder of the Georgia colony.
  11. 29. This document was the first constitution of the United States.
  12. 31. This city was Georgia’s second capital.
  13. 32. Georgia is located in this region of the United States.
  14. 34. The ___ of 1763 prevented colonists from moving west.
  15. 36. This city was Georgia’s fourth capital.
  16. 37. The original Georgia colonists encountered this Native American tribe when they arrived.
  17. 38. After the Revolutionary War the capital of Georgia moved which direction to follow the population?
  18. 41. The _____ Swamp is the largest swamp in North America.
  19. 43. The ___ period of the Georgia colony had many strict rules that the colonists thought were unfair.
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  1. 2. Georgia is located on this continent.
  2. 3. The ____ Land Fraud was a scandal in which Georgia lawmakers were bribed to sell land in GA for too cheap.
  3. 4. This is a zone that separates the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of Georgia.
  4. 5. _____ Musgrove helped Oglethorpe by acting as a translator for him and the Yamacraw.
  5. 8. This part of the “Three G’s” represents explorers’ desire to find riches in the New World.
  6. 10. Georgia is located in this country.
  7. 11. This part of the “Three G’s” represents explorers’ desire to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
  8. 13. This region of GA has the highest population and GA’s capital city of Atlanta.
  9. 17. On July 4th we celebrate ___ Day, the day the colonists signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
  10. 18. Spanish explorers created churches called ___ on GA’s barrier islands.
  11. 19. This tax on paper goods angered the colonists in Georgia.
  12. 21. Plateau This region of GA is the smallest.
  13. 22. The ____ War was fought between the colonists and the British over independence.
  14. 23. The ______ River forms our border with Alabama.
  15. 24. This city is Georgia’s current capital.
  16. 25. This city was Georgia’s third capital.
  17. 26. This invention made travel and trade throughout the U.S. much easier.
  18. 28. __________ Bald is the highest mountain in Georgia.
  19. 30. The _______ River forms our border with South Carolina.
  20. 33. In order to pay for the French and Indian War, Great Britain raised ____ in the colonies.
  21. 35. This region of GA has the highest average rainfall.
  22. 39. This person was the Chief of the Yamacraw tribe who helped Oglethorpe.
  23. 40. This system was used to distribute land based on how many family members and slaves a person had.
  24. 42. The Land ____ distributed land by drawing numbers out of a container.