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Georgia Studies Review I
Test Description: GPS - 8th Georgia Studies
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How did the invention of the cotton gin revolutionize the economy of the South?
A
it led to increases in cotton production and slave labor
B
it led to decreases in cotton production and decreases in the need for slave labor
C
it led to increases in cotton production but decreases in slave labor
D
it led to increases in cotton production and white labor
2) Which of the following people is responsible for developing the cotton gin?
A
Elijah Clarke
B
Samuel Adams
C
Thomas Edison
D
Eli Whitney
3) the sale of western land to four land companies after the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed
A
Land Allocation
B
Corrupt Bargaining
C
Yazoo Land Fraud
D
Land Lottery System
4) What was the Head Right System?
A
a system of distributing land to white males
B
a system of distributing government owned land to all citizens within a state
C
a system of dividing land between whtie males and their slaves
D
a system of selling land to potential land buyers
5) A set of written characters each one representing a syllable is called
A
Hieroglyphics
B
Syllabary
C
Ebonics
D
Cuneiform
6) Sequoyah, a Cherokee Indian is best known for developing
A
a system of writing for the Iroquois language
B
a system of writing or the Blackfoot language
C
a system of writing for the Woodland language
D
inventing a system for writing the Cherokee language
7) What was the land lottery system?
A
A system that distributed land to people who had fought in the American Revolution
B
A system that distributed land to white males only
C
A system that distributed land by people paying for a ticket and having a name and land lot drawn from two buckets.
D
A system that distributed land to African slaves who had fought in the American Revolution
8) An act that stated that all Native Americans have to move to western territories was called
A
The Act of Relocating
B
The Indian Removal Act
C
The Migration Act of 2015
D
The Creek and Cherokee Removal Act
9) A minister who rode horseback from place to place to preach and perform religious ceremonies.
A
Region Rider
B
Circuit Rider
C
District Rider
D
State Rider
10) Georgia's dominate religious denominations are
A
Methodists and Anglicans
B
Baptists and Methodists
C
Catholics and Baptists
D
Methodists and Presbyterians
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