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Georgia Studies
Unit 2 CRCT Review
Study these questions for Monday’s quiz:
2A
1. The states that touch Georgia’s borders are Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
2. The highest and largest group of mountains in Georgia is located in the Blue Ridge region.
3. The area of Georgia that receives the most precipitation annually is the northern mountain areas.
4. Most of Georgia’s major agricultural products, including peanuts and Vidalia onions, are grown in the Coastal Plain
region.
5. The area around Dalton, Georgia, is known for its world leadership in the carpet industry.
6. Three cities located on Georgia’s Fall Line are Columbus, Macon, and Augusta.
7. The Appalachian Mountains are a geographic feature located in Georgia’s physiographic system.
8. Georgia has a consistently mild climate which influences business and industry to move into the state.
9. Apples are the agricultural product most commonly associated with the Ridge and Valley region of Georgia.
10. The physiographic region of Georgia that occupies the largest land area in the state is the Coastal Plain.
Study these questions for Tuesday’s quiz:
2B
1. The regions of the state that are separated by Georgia’s Fall Line are the Coastal Plain region and Piedmont region.
2. The most populated geographical region in Georgia is the Piedmont region.
3. That Georgia is located between 30-35 degrees N. latitude and 80-85 degrees W. longitude is an example of absolute
location.
4. The four prehistoric Indian cultures in Georgia were the Paleo, the Archaic, the Woodland, and the Mississippian.
5. The oldest of the prehistoric Indian cultures in Georgia was the Paleo culture.
6. Prehistoric people passed their history, beliefs, and traditions to other generations by oral stories.
7. Items used by ancient peoples, such as pottery shards, weapons, tools, jewelry, are called artifacts.
8. The Native American mound that is made of rocks and in the shape of an eagle is Rock Eagle Mound.
9. The Archaic culture included three distinct periods, the early, the middle, and the late.
10. The archaeological treasure trove known as a midden was a garbage pile.
Study these questions for Wednesday’s quiz:
2C
1. When prehistoric Indians began to grow plants as food, it allowed them to settle in groups in a permanent area.
2. Woodland Indians used pottery to store food, allowing them to survive living in one area.
3. Archaeologists think prehistoric Indians believed in some form of life after death because burial mounds contained
items such as tools, tobacco pipes, weapons, and personal items.
4. When Columbus landed on the Caribbean island he named San Salvador, he believed he had landed on the coast of
India.
5. The second oldest known Indian cultural period was the Archaic period.
6. The Spanish explorer who traveled through Georgia searching for gold was Hernando de Soto.
7. The most advanced prehistoric Indian cultural period was the Mississippian period.
8. The bow and arrow was first associated with the Woodland Indian period.
9. The time before the birth of Christ is also called BCE (before common era).
10. The main purpose of the Spanish missions was to convert the Indians to Christianity (Catholicism).
Study these questions for Thursday’s quiz:
2D
1. The prehistoric Indian group in Georgia that created the Etowah Indian Mounds was the Mississippian.
2. The prehistory of the Native American cultures ended when the Europeans arrived and began writing the history.
3. When Christopher Columbus arrived with the Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria in 1492, he landed in San Salvador (in
today’s Bahamas).
4. The most important crop grown by the Woodland Indians was corn
5. The Spanish Missions in Georgia were mainly located on the barrier islands.
6. The Indian cultural period that disappeared with little trace or evidence was the Mississippian period.
7. The Coastal Plain has a sandy soil because it used to be the floor of the ocean.
8. Ships coming up rivers must stop at the Fall Line because the land rises up and creates waterfalls.
9. Spanish missions on the barrier islands hurt the Indian populations by infecting them with viruses.
10. The word “piedmont” means “foothills” and describes the area we live in because the land is rolling but not
mountainous.