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 |
| |start |
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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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