Georgia Performance Standard



|Georgia Performance Standard |Sample Questions |

|SS8G1a – Locate Georgia in relation to region, nation, continent,|In what hemispheres is Georgia located? |

|and hemispheres |Northern/Western |

| |Georgia is on the North American continent and is a state in the country of the United States. |

|SS8G1b – Describe the five geographic regions of Georgia; include|What is the largest of the geographic regions? |

|the Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, |Coastal Plain |

|Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. |Which region includes limestone caves and deep canyons? Appalachian plateau |

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| |Why is the Appalachian Plateau known as the TAG corner? It’s where Tennessee, Alabama, and |

| |Georgia meet |

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| |Which region has the most fertile farmland and is the largest? |

| |Coastal Plain |

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| |Which region supplies much of the state’s water because of the precipitation it receives? |

| |Blue Ridge |

| |In what region will you find Lookout Mountain? |

| |Appalachian Plateau |

|SS8G1c – Locate and evaluate the importance of key physical |Why did the Fall Line attract early settlers? |

|features on the development of Georgia; include the Fall Line, |The waterfalls provided a water and power source |

|Okefenokee Swamp, Appalachian Mountain, Chattahoochee and |How has the Fall Line helped modern Georgia develop? Factories used the falls for hydroelectric |

|Savannah Rivers, and barrier islands. |power |

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| |What do we know about the age of the Appalachian Mountains? They are the oldest mtns. In North |

| |America |

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| |What is Georgia’s largest freshwater wetland? |

| |Okefenokee Swamp |

|SS8G1d – Evaluate the impact of climate on Georgia’s development.|Name 3 ways in which Georgia’s warm climate has helped its growth. |

| |Attracted the military, attracted retirees, attracts tourists |

|SS8H1a- Describe the evolution of Native American cultures – |What group was the first to use the bow and arrow? |

|Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian- prior to European |Woodland |

|contact. |How did the bow and arrow improve life for that group? Killed more game b/c of increased |

| |accuracy |

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| |What evidence is there that later groups such as the Woodland and Mississippian believed in life |

| |after death? Buried people with their possessions. |

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| |What was the purpose of mounds like Rock Eagle and Etowah? Ceremonial – temples or burial |

| |grounds |

|SS8H1b – Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native |Why did the Spanish begin to build missions? |

|American cultures; include Spanish missions along the barrier |Convert natives to Christianity |

|islands, and the explorations of Hernando de Soto. |Which Spanish explorer came through Georgia on his 3-year expedition? De Soto |

| |What was the purpose of DeSoto’s expedition? |

| |Find gold |

| |Why was DeSoto’s expedition seen as a failure? |

| |Didn’t find gold |

|SS8H1c – Explain the reasons for European exploration and |What is the oldest city in the U.S.? |

|settlement of North America, with emphasis on the interests of |St. Augustine, FL |

|the French, Spanish, and British in the southeastern area. |Why was Georgia known as the debatable land? |

| |Spain, France, and England were all trying to put a permanent colony in what is now Georgia. |

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| |What is the oldest permanent English settlement in U.S. ? Jamestown |

| |What economic system drove much of the colonization for England, Spain, and France? |

| |Mercantilism |

|SS8H2a – Explain the importance of James Oglethorpe, the charter |Who is James Oglethorpe? |

|of 1732, reasons for settlement (charity, economics, defense), |Founder of Georgia |

|Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and the city of Savannah |What was the charitable reason for the founding of Georgia? Give the working/worthy poor a new |

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| |What was the economic reason for the founding of Georgia? Colonists were to grow mulberry trees |

| |that would be turned into silk for the mercantile system. |

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| |What was the military reason for the founding of Georgia? Provide a buffer between Indians and |

| |Spanish and the Carolina colony |

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| |Name the four groups that were not allowed in Georgia when it was founded and explain why they |

| |were excluded. |

| |Blacks – no slavery; Liquor dealers – people would not work if they were drunk; lawyers – wanted |

| |people to solve their disputes among each other; Catholics – longstanding dispute between Church |

| |of England and Catholics. |

| |How was the way Georgia was ruled between 1733-1752 different from other colonies? |

| |It was ruled by trustees – not a corporation or the monarch. |

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|SS8H2b – Evaluate the Trustee period of Georgia’s colonial |Name 2 contributions the Salzburgers made to the Georgia colony. |

|history, emphasizing the role of the Salzburgers, Highland Scots,|Georgia’s 2nd city (Ebenezer) and provided hard-working settlers for the colony |

|malcontents, and the Spanish threat from Florida. |Why did Oglethorpe have the Salzburgers settle away from Savannah? |

| |They didn’t speak English and thought they would be more comfortable keeping to themselves. |

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| |What caused the Salzburgers to move from their original settlement? Water was making them sick |

| |and crops wouldn’t grow |

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| |What city did the Highland Scots settle? |

| |Darien |

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| |What was the group of colonists who began to complain about the trustees’ regulations? |

| |Malcontents |

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| |What regulations did the malcontents want changed? |

| |Ban on slavery, land ownership restrictions and ban on hard liquor |

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| |What battle ended the Spanish threat to the young Georgia colony? Battle of Bloody Marsh |

|SS8H2c – Explain the development of Georgia as a royal colony |When was slavery allowed in Georgia? 1750 |

|with regard to land ownership, slavery, and the impact of the | |

|royal governors |Which royal governor introduced self-government but then dismissed the Governor’s Council after |

| |it disagreed with him? Reynolds |

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| |Which royal governor allowed slavery to grow in the colony despite opposition from the |

| |Salzburgers and Highland Scots? Ellis |

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| |Which royal governor had no plan for defending the colony and led the colony during the American |

| |Revolution? Wright |

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| |Who was the first royal governor? Reynolds |

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| |Which royal governor oversaw the colony during its longest period of economic prosperity? Wright|

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