It's not all dirt. | From stones to steel | From there to here | Yo say you want a Revolution | More Georgia stuff |
---|---|---|---|---|
What is the northwest area of the state with deep canyons and caves called?
Appalachian Plateau
|
What is a group of very old prehistoric people with the ability to kill very lage animals like the wooly mammoth?
Paleo
|
What is the name of the founder of Georgia who lead a group of settlers to Savannah Georgia in 1733?
James Oglethorpe
|
What is a tax placed on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses?
Stamp Act
|
What is the name of the failed attempt by the patriots and French to take savannah from the British?
Siege of Savannah
|
What is an area in north Georgia with low open valleys and narrow ridges called?
Ridge and Valley
|
What is a group of prehistoric people known for hunting smaller game with small points?
Archaic
|
What is the name of the chief of the Yamacraw Indians who allowed Oglethorpe to settle on the Savannah River?
Tomochichi
|
What is a group of acts that were passed by British to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston tea party?
Intolerable Acts
|
What is the name of the Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and George Walton
|
What is the foot of the mountain with rolling hills and well drained soils called?
Piedmont
|
What is a group of prehistoric people known for living in small woodland villages as tribes?
Woodland
|
What is the name of the part English and part Creek Indian who worked as an interpreter for General Olgethorpe?
Mary Musgrove
|
What is the name of the colonel who lead a rebel militia in the backcountry of Georgia?
Elijah Clarke
|
What is the name of early European colonist of Georgia?
Jews, Highland Scots, Salzburgers and Moravians
|
What is the largest region known for mild climate and a good supply of water called?
Coastal Plain
|
What is the name of the most advanced group of prehistoric native Americans that were known fror chiefdoms and temple mounds?
Mississippian
|
What is a group of twenty-one men who operate the Georgia colony for the benefit of others?
Trustee Colony
|
What is the name of the freeborn mixed race man who saved Elijah Clarke at the Battle of Kettle Creek?
Austin Dabney
|
What is the name of the three European countries claiming land in the new world?
Spain, France and England
|
What is the region in norteast Georgia known for the Appalachian Mountains called?
Blue Ridge
|
What is the name of the first Spanish explorer who travelled through the southestern part of North America destroying almost all native Americans culture in his path?
Hernando De Soto
|
What is a colony operated by an appointed Governor for the benefit of the King of England?
Royal Colony
|
What is the name of a small but significant battle fought in the back country of Georgia, where badly needed supplies were captured?
Battle of Kettle Creek
|
What is the name of Georgia's three royal governors?
John Reynolds, Henry Ellis and James Wright
|