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Pre-Study Guide for Georgia Studies 1st Semester’s Final Exam
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Historical Understandings
SS8H1 evolution of Native American cultures
1. SS8H1a. Paleo culture, pp. 163-164
2. SS8H1a. Archaic culture, pp. 164-165
3. SS8H1a. Woodland culture, pp. 165-167
4. SS8H1a. Mississippian culture, pp. 168-179
SS8H1 impact of European exploration and settlement on Native Americans
5. SS8H1b. impact of European contact, pp. 172-175
SS8H1b. impact of Spanish missions, pp. 178-179
SS8H1b. impact of explorations of Hernando DeSoto, pp. 176-178
6. SS8H1c. reasons for French exploration and settlement of North America, p. 179
7. SS8H1c. reasons for Spanish exploration and settlement of North America, pp.176-178, 183
8. SS8H1c. reasons for British exploration and settlement of North America, pp. 179-182
SS8H2 analyze the colonial period
SS8H2a. importance of James Oglethorpe, pp. 191-200
SS8H2a. importance of the Charter of 1732, p. 191
SS8H2a. reasons for settlement (charity, economics, and defense), pp. 190, 192
SS8H2a. importance of Tomochichi, pp. 194, 197
SS8H2a. importance of Mary Musgrove, pp. 194, 225
SS8H2a. importance of the city of Savannah, pp. 193-196
1. SS8H2b. role of the Salzburgers during the Trustee Period, p. 201
2. SS8H2b. role of the Highland Scots during the Trustee Period, p. 202
3. SS8H2b. role of the malcontents during the Trustee Period, pp. 202-203
4. SS8H2b. the Spanish threat from Florida during the Trustee Period, pp. 203-206
5. SS8H2c. the development of Georgia as a royal colony, pp. 215-224
SS8H2c. land ownership during the royal colony period, pp. 227-228
SS8H2c. slavery during royal colony period, pp. 231-233
SS8H2c. government during the royal colony period, pp. 216-224
SS8H2c. impact of the royal governors, pp. 220-224
SS8H3 role of Georgia in the American Revolution.
1. SS8H3a. immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution, pp.256-264
2. SS8H3a. impact of the French and Indian War (i.e., Seven Years War), pp. 219, 245-248
3. SS8H3a. impact of the Proclamation of 1763, pp. 248-249
4. SS8H3a. impact of the Stamp Act, pp. 245-250
5. SS8H3a. impact of the Intolerable Acts, pp. 257-258
6. SS8H3a. impact of the Declaration of Independence, pp. 264-265
7. SS8H3b. significance of the Loyalists, p. 263
SS8H3b. significance of the patriots, p. 263
SS8H3b. significance of Elijah Clarke, pp. 283-288
SS8H3b. significance of Austin Dabney, pp. 284-284
SS8H3b. significance of Nancy Hart, pp. 286-287
SS8H3b. significance of Button Gwinnett, pp. 266-267
SS8H3b. significance of Lyman Hall, pp. 266-267
SS8H3b. significance of George Walton, pp. 266-267
SS8H3b. significance of Battle of Kettle Creek, p. 284
SS8H3b. significance of the siege of Savannah, pp. 284-285
SS8H4 ratification of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights
1. SS8H4a. strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777, p. 297
2. SS8H4a. strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, pp. 297, 310
3. SS8H4a. reasons for the need to revise the Articles of Confederation, p. 310
4. SS8H4b. role of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, p. 312
SS8H4b. role of Abraham Baldwin. p. 317
SS8H4b. role of William Few, p. 317
SS8H4b. reasons why Georgia ratified the new constitution, p. 31
Geographic Understandings
SS8G1 Georgia’s physical features and location
1. SS8G1a. Georgia in the southeast, nation, continent, and hemisphere, p. 3
2. SS8G1b. locate and describe the Blue Ridge Mountains, pp. 12-13
3. SS8G1b. locate and describe the Valley and Ridge, pp. 10-11
4. SS8G1b. locate and describe the Appalachian Plateau, pp. 6-9
5. SS8G1b. locate and describe the Piedmont, pp. 14-15
6. SS8G1b. locate and describe the Coastal Plain, pp. 16-18
7. SS8G1c. importance of the Fall Line, pp. 14-15
SS8G1c. importance of the Okefenokee Swamp, p. 42
SS8G1c. importance of the Appalachian Mountains, pp. 12-13
SS8G1c. importance of the Chattahoochee River, pp. 29-30
SS8G1c. importance of the Savannah River, pp. 34-35
SS8G1c. importance of the barrier islands, pp. 39-41
8. SS8G1d. impact of climate on Georgia’s development, pp. 20-25
Government/Civic Understandings
SS8CG1 the role of citizens under the state constitution.
1. SS8CG1a. structure of the Georgia state constitution, p. 58
2. SS8CG1b. separation of powers, pp. 56-57
3. SS8CG1b. checks and balances, pp. 56-57
4. SS8CG1c. rights and responsibilities of citizens, pp. 60-62
5. SS8CG1d. voting requirements and elections, pp. 62-65
6. SS8CG1e. role of political parties, pp. 65-66
S8CG2 role of the legislative branch
1. S8CG2a. qualifications, term, election, and duties of members of the General
2. Assembly, pp. 72-75
3. S8CG2b. organization of the General Assembly, pp. 76-78
S8CG2b. leadership and committee system, pp. 76-78
4. S8CG2c. how a bill becomes a law, pp. 80-85
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SS8CG3 role of the executive branch
1.
1. SS8CG3a. qualifications, term, election, and duties of the governor and lieutenant
2. governor, pp. 92-95
2. SS8CG3b. organization of the executive branch, pp. 96-104
SS8CG3b. major policy areas of state programs, pp. 96-104
SS8CG4 role of the judicial branch
1. SSCG4a. structure of the court system, pp. 112-118
2. SSCG4a. appellate procedures, pp, 113-114, 122
3. SSCG4a. selection of judges, pp. 112-118
4. SSCG4b. difference between criminal law and civil law, pp. 110-111
5. SSCG4c. adult justice system (different jurisdictions, terminology, and steps in the criminal justice process), pp. 120-122
6. SSCG4d. avoiding trouble and settling disputes peacefully, p. 118
SS8CG5 role of local governments
1. SS8CG5a. origins, functions, purposes, and differences of county and city
2. governments, pp. 140-146
3. SS8CG5b. weak mayor-council form of city government, p. 149
SS8CG5b. strong mayor-council form of city government, p. 148
SS8CG5b. council-manager form of city government, p. 149
4. SS8CG5c. functions of special-purpose governments, pp. 150-151
SS8CG6 juvenile offenders
1. SS8CG6a. delinquent behavior vs. unruly behavior and their consequences, pp. 128-129
2. SS8CG6b. rights of juveniles when taken into custody, pp. 130-131
3. SS8CG6c. juvenile justice system, different jurisdictions, terminology, and steps in the
process, pp. 131-132
4. SS8CG6d. delinquent behaviors that can send juveniles to the adult criminal
5. process, pp. 132-133
SS8CG6d. decision process for and consequences of transferring juveniles to
adult court, pp. 132-133
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