Midterm Jeopardy 1

Final Jeopardy

GA PIEDMONT ATLANTA

Q $100 Q $100 Q $100

Q $200 Q $200 Q $200

Q $300 Q $300 Q $300

Q $400 Q $400 Q $400

Q $500 Q $500 Q $500

$100 Question from GA

Which developments increased population and made for more permanent

settlements among Georgia’s prehistoric

cultures?

$100 Answer from GA

AGRICULTURE – this allowed Native Americans to settle down and build villages.

$200 Question from GA

What were earthen mounds such as Rock Eagle used for during the early prehistoric

cultures?

$200 Answer from GA

Mounds were used by ancient Native American cultures for religious and

ceremonial purposes

$300 Question from GA

Where is most of Georgia’s population

concentrated and why?

$300 Answer from GA

The airport and the highway systems attract many people and business to Atlanta.

$400 Question from GA

What were the trustees rules for the colonists?

$400 Answer from GA

No Liquor, No Slaves, No Lawyers, No Catholics. Restrictions on land ownership; Women could not inherit land.

$500 Question from GA

What were the 4 reasons for

establishing the Georgia colony?

$500 Answer from GA

1. Defense against Spanish in FL (buffer colony to S.C.)

2. Economics – Mercantilism 3. Religious Freedom for

Protestants 4. Politics – More power for King of

England

$100 Question from PIEDMONT

How did Spain first colonize North America?

$100 Answer from PIEDMONT

The Spanish built missions (for missionaries) as their first

attempt to colonize

$200 Question from PIEDMONT

Why were James Oglethorpe and Chief Tomochichi important

to Georgia?

$200 Answer from PIEDMONT

James Oglethorpe – Father & Founder of GA.

Tomochichi – Creek Chief who allowed Oglethorpe to settle in GA

$300 Question from PIEDMONT

What happened after Oglethorpe left the colony?

(How did the Trustees change the rules?)

$300 Answer from PIEDMONT

Liquor and Slaves were eventually allowed. Land restrictions were relaxed

(women could inherit land)

$400 Question from PIEDMONT

What is mercantilism?

$400 Answer from PIEDMONT

Economic trade policy where a country gets raw materials from a

colony, and then the colony provides a market for the mother

country’s finished goods.

$500 Question from PIEDMONT

During the American Revolution:

Which groups supported the king?

Which groups supported independence?

$500 Answer from PIEDMONT

Whigs – Patriots = Supported the Revolution and independence from

Britain.

Torries – Loyalists = Supported the King & Britain in the War.

$100 Question from ATLANTA

What was the Headright system?

$100 Answer from ATLANTA

First way land way distributed in GA –Head of

each family had the right to a certain amount of land.

$200 Question from ATLANTA

What was the Triangular Trade

route?

$200 Answer from ATLANTA

Trade route between England, Africa & Americas. Slaves,

sugar, rum, and other goods were traded.

$300 Question from ATLANTA

Why did Great Britain begin to tax the Colonies

more than usual in the late 1700’s?

$300 Answer from ATLANTA

Britain taxed their colonies to pay for the war debt from the French & Indian War.

Britain had gone into debt defending the American Colonies in the French and Indian War.

$400 Question from ATLANTA

How did the stamp act affect colonists?

$400 Answer from ATLANTA

All printed documents had to have a British tax stamp on them.

This included all newspapers, legal documents, books, playing cards,

etc.

$500 Question from ATLANTA

Why was Atlanta & GA an important military target and What was Sherman’s

focus in GA?

$500 Answer from ATLANTA

Because Atlanta was an important transportation and industrial center;

Sherman’s focus in GA was to destroy Confederate military resources to slow

down the South’s ability to fight the war. .