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Georgia Studies
Academic Bowl
HISTORYSS8H5
72.What system replaced the
headright system as a way of
allocating land?
Land Lottery
71. What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some
legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below-market price?
Yazoo Land Fraud
70. What was the purpose of the headright
system in Georgia? To distribute Indian
lands to new settlers
73. Who was the Creek leader in the
Oconee War between the Creek
and the Georgia pioneers?
Alexander McGillivray
74. Why was William McIntosh, a Creek chief, murdered by his own people?
He signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in
Georgia to the federal government.
75.What were the 2 main Indian
tribes in Georgia? Creeks
Cherokees
76. The removal of the Cherokee
from their land is referred to as
what? Trail of Tears
77. The Indians were taken to the Indian Territory, which is
mainly what present-day state?
Oklahoma
78.What was George Gist’s
major contribution to the Cherokee
culture? Sequoyah made a syllabary – Cherokee
alphabet
79. What discovery led to the final Indian removal from
Georgia?Gold
81. Who was the Cherokee chief who took a petition of
Congress protesting the Cherokee
removal from their land?
John Ross
80. Who was the Chief Justice of the US
Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee
territory was not subject to state law?
John Marshall
HISTORYSS8H1c
22.Name the European countries
that were the major colonizers of
the New World. Spain, England,
France
21. What were the main
reasons the Spanish
explored North America? Gold, Glory &
God
20. Who was the first
European explorer to
enter Georgia? Hernando de
Soto
ECONOMICS
SS8E4
303. From where does the largest source of Georgia’s
income come? state income
tax
305. What is the largest source of
revenue for county
governments? property taxes
304. What is the largest
expenditure of state funds?
education
302. What is the name given
to Georgia’s budgetary
spending year? fiscal
HISTORYSS8H1SS8E1SS8E2
24. What was the first Spanish
settlement in the New World?
St. Augustine
26. What factor was necessary to
maintain a favorable balance of trade in
the 1600s and 1700s?
More exports than imports
27.What was the name of the first
British fort constructed in
Georgia?Fort King
George
25. What was the British trade
policy during the period of
colonization? mercantilism
23. What was the first permanent
English settlement in the
New World? Jamestown
HISTORYSS8H1a
17.Name the prehistoric
traditions of Georgia in order
of their existence? Paleo, Archaic,
Woodland, Mississippian
12. Why did the Archaic people
move frequently? To find food
13. What people were the FIRST
to make and use pottery?
Archaic
16. What factor resulted in
prehistoric Indians making permanent
settlements?
Began to cultivate plants
11. What was the oldest prehistoric
Indian civilization
found in Georgia?Paleo
19. What was the most prominent
building structure in a Mississippian
village?Temple mound
14. During which prehistoric period did the bow and arrow come into
use?
Woodland
15. Who were the FIRST
people to use burial mounds?
Woodland
ECONOMICS
SS8E5
307. What type of bank
accounts provides the
most flexibility? checking
306. When is the best time
to borrow money?
when interest is low
GEOGRAPHY
SS8G2a, b, c
218. The loss of American
manufacturing jobs causes a
______in transportation
jobs. decline
217. Where is the largest single
container facility on the East Coast
located? Savannah
216. What method of transportation moves the largest amount of freight
in Georgia? trucks
GEOGRAPHY
SS8G1a, b, c
2. How many geographic regions does Georgia have?
5
3. What are the geographic regions of
Georgia? Coastal Plain Piedmont Ridge and Valley Appalachian Plateau Blue Ridge
9. What two regions are
separated by the Fall Line?Piedmont & Coastal Plain
1. What are the names of the states that border Georgia?
Alabama Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina Florida
4. In which region is Atlanta
located? Piedmont
5. What is the smallest
geographic region?
Appalachian Plateau
6. What region is known for its production of
peanuts, pecans, and corn?
Coastal Plain
10. What is the largest swamp in
North America? Okefenokee
Swamp
7. In what region is the
Okefenokee Swamp located?
Coastal Plain
8. What is the highest peak in Georgia?
Brasstown Bald
HISTORYSS8H2c
46. Who were the three royal
governors of Georgia?
John Reynolds Henry Ellis
James Wright
45. In 1752, Georgia became
a ____colony?
royal
44. What term was used to describe
those who complained about the
policies of the trustees?
malcontents
HISTORYSS8H3a
53. How many original
colonies were there?
13
49. The Proclamation of
1763 moved Ga.’s southern
boundary to what? St. Mary’s River
47. Which 2 countries were involved in the French and Indian
war?Great Britain
France
50. How did the French and Indian War lead to
America’s Revolutionary War?
To get money to repay war debts, Great Britain taxed the colonists on the premise that the war had been necessary to protect the colonies from France
51. What event is described by British
soldiers firing into an angry mob?
Boston Massacre
52. What declared the
independence of the American
colonies? Declaration of Independence
48. What law forbade colonists to move west of the Appalachian
Mountains? Proclamation of
1763
HISTORYSS8H3
57. What was the British
policy punishing Boston for the
Tea Party? Intolerable Acts
55. Where did the first colonial victory in
Georgia during the American Revolution
occur?
Battle of Kettle Creek
56. What British policy greatly
affected Ga. by adding a tax on newspapers and
licenses?
Stamp Act
54. Who was the primary author of the Declaration
of Independence?Thomas Jefferson
60. Who was the commander of the Continental Army
during the American Revolution?
George Washington
59. Who headed the militia that defeated the British at the
Battle of Kettle Creek?
Elijah Clarke
61. Who is the Revolutionary war heroine who has a
Georgia county named for her?
Nancy Hart
62. What was the most significant
result of the siege of
Savannah? Savannah remained
in British hands.
64. What was the opposite
name of Loyalists? Patriots
63. Who was the black soldier who
was seriously wounded at the Battle of Kettle
Creek? Austin Dabney
58. Name the 3 Georgians that
signed the Declaration of
Independence. George Walton
Lyman Hall Button Gwinnett
GOVERNMENT
SS8CG5
291. Which term describes a city
with its own government?
municipality
289. How many counties does Georgia have
today? 159
292. What is the name of Ga.’s oldest
city? Savannah
290. What is a example of a
consolidated city-county
government? Athens-Clarke
Augusta-Richmond
293. Name 3 forms of city government?
mayor-council council-manager
commission
295. A county board of education or a port
authority are examples of a
_________________district form of government.
Special district government
294. What is the most common type of city government
in Georgia?
mayor-council
HISTORYSS8H4
67. What was the first written plan
for the government of the United States called? Articles of
Confederation
66. Who was elected Georgia’s
first governor under the
Constitution of 1777? John Adam Treutlen
69. Who were the 2 signers of
the US Constitution
from Georgia? Abraham Baldwin William Few
68. What was the purpose of the Constitutional
Convention held in 1787?
To Revise the Articles of
Confederation
HISTORYSS8H2b
30. Who was the founder of Georgia and when was it founded? James
Oglethorpe, 1733
32. What Indians were
led by Tomochichi?Yamacraws
31. According to the charter, what groups of people
could not be Georgia colonists?
Catholics, liquor dealers, lawyers, blacks
29. Where was Georgia’s first settlement?
Savannah
28. Who granted
Georgia’s charter in
1732? King George II
33. What ship transported the first colonists to
Georgia? The Ann
65. Why did the writers of Georgia’s first
constitution (1777) want to limit the power
of the governor?
In the past, the governor showed too much loyalty to
the king.
36. Who served as an
interpreter for Oglethorpe?
Mary Musgrove
35. The original plan for
Savannah called for the building
of 4 what? squares
37. Tomochichi allowed Oglethorpe to settle on a bluff overlooking what
river?Savannah River
39. What was the name of the
Salzburgers’ settlement?
Ebenezer/New Ebenezer
38. The Germans under the
leadership of John Martin Bolzius
were referred to as the what?
The Salzburgers
42. Name 3 areas of colonist
discontent? slavery
sale of rum land ownership
40. What group settled
at Darien? Highland Scots
34. Where did James Oglethorpe
and the first Georgia colonists land when they
arrived in Georgia? Yamacraw Bluff
41. What battle was the
beginning of the safe southern
frontier for the British? Battle of Bloody Marsh
43. What policy did the king make to ensure that the trustees did
not take advantage of the colony?
Could not hold office. Could not get paid. Could not own land.
GOVERNMENT
SS8CG2
245. How long is the regular
session of the Georgia General
Assembly? 40 days
244. Does the Georgia General
Assembly consider laws dealing with
treaties? No—that is a federal
issue
247. What type of legislation must
begin in the House of
Representatives? appropriation
bills
246. What are the requirements to
serve in the Georgia House of Representatives? 21 years old
a citizen of GA for at least one year
a resident of the district from which elected for one year
243.What are the requirements to
serve in the Georgia Senate?
25 years old a citizen of Ga. for at least 2
years a resident of the district
from which he is elected for at least one year
248. How long is the term of a member of the Georgia General
Assembly?
2 years
249. To confirm all the
executive appointments is the
unique power of the_______?
senate
251. How many legislators serve in Georgia House
of Representatives?
180
250. The ____________has law-making power over all
areas not specifically assigned to the United States Constitution.
Georgia General Assembly
253. A _______committee is a
permanent legislative
committee.
standing
258. What happens to a bill passed by
the legislature if the governor does not
veto it, but does not sign it?
becomes a law
252. How many people serve in
the Georgia State Senate?
56
254. To review bills before they come to
the floor for discussion is the
main purpose of a legislative
________________. committee
255. Who presides over the Georgia
state senate? Lieutenant
Governor
259. What vote is required in the
house of representatives in order for a bill to
pass? A majority
256. Who presides over the Georgia
House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
260. If the governor vetoes a bill, the legislature
can override the veto by a
_____________of both houses. 2/3 vote of both houses
257. When the house and the senate version
of a bill differ after being passed by their respective bodies, the
bill is referred to a ________committee.
conference
HISTORYSS8H5a
83. What is Georgia’s first
land grant university?
UGA
85. Why did the capital of
Georgia move so often?
To follow the major part of the population
84. By 1860, what were the 2 largest
church denominations in
Georgia? Methodists
Baptists
86. What invention had the greatest
effect on Georgia’s economy in the early 1800’s? cotton gin
82. What is a land grant
university? Land for the university was donated by the
federal government.
89. Who invented the cotton gin? Eli Whitney
88. What railroad became the
primary railroad in Georgia in the
1830’s? Western and Atlantic
GOVERNMENT
SS8CG1
297. What were the 2
earliest political parties? Federalists
Anti-Federalists
299. What financial
responsibility does a citizen
have toward the government?
to pay taxes
298. What is the process by which a
person from another country can become an
American citizen? naturalization
296. What are the dominant political parties in Georgia
today? Republican and
Democratic
301. Who is the chief election officer in Georgia? Secretary of
State
300. How old must a person be to vote in
Georgia today?
18
HISTORYSS8H6a
91. Would the northern states or the southern states believe that the
interests of the national government should take
precedence over the states?
northern states
96. Who led a raid on a
federal arsenal at Harpers
Ferry, Virginia? John Brown
92. What is it called if you
think that the state takes precedence over the national
government? states’ rights
93. According to the provisions of the
Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted
as a free state? Maine
90. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book which told about the reality of slavery?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
95. What state entered the
Union as a free state because of the Compromise
of 1850?California
94. What is the belief the one
region is better or more important
that another region of the country? sectionalism
HISTORYSS8H6b
98. Who was the governor of Georgia during the Civil War? Joseph Brown
100. What was the statement from
Georgia that supported the Compromise of
1850? The Georgia
Platform
101. What was the purpose of
the Fugitive Slave Law?
To require the return of runaway slaves to their
owners
99. What Supreme Court decision pushed
the nation closer to war?
The Dred Scott Decision
97. What Georgia leader became
the vice president of the
Confederate States of America? Alexander Stephens
103. What contributed to
the lack of success of the
Union blockade? blockade
runners
102. What was the name of the
Union plan to isolate the
western Confederate
states? Anaconda Plan
105. Which Union general led the “March to the Sea”? General William T.
Sherman
110. What battle was considered the
turning point of the war against the
Confederacy? Where was this fought? Gettysburg Pennsylvania
104. What were the 2 major campaigns
fought in Georgia during the Civil
War? Atlanta Campaign Savannah Campaign
106. Where was the notorious Confederate
prison in Georgia?
Andersonville
109. What was the bloodiest one day battle
of the Civil War?Antietam
107. Why was Chickamauga
important to both the North and the
South? It was the railroad
center.
108.What document declared the freedom
of slaves in states still in rebellion as of
January 1, 1863? Emancipation
Proclamation
HISTORYSS8H6c
113. Ultimately what was the goal
of the Radical Republicans against the
southern states? To punish the southern rebelling
states
112. In President Johnson’s
Reconstruction plan what amendment to the Constitution had to be
approved by the southern states?
13th Amendment
111. What was President
Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
called? 10% Plan
116. What did the 15th
Amendment do?
Gave blacks the right to vote
117. Which organization
helped the former slaves and poor whites after the
Civil War? Freedmen’s Bureau
119.Limitations on the type
of jobs newly freed slaves could have and restrictions on their rights to vote and
participate in the legal system were called
what? Black Codes
115. What did the 14th
Amendment do?
Made blacks citizens
114. What did the 13th
Amendment do?
Abolish slavery
118. What is the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming?
Sharecroppers owned nothing but their labor, while tenant farmers owned animals and equipment to use working other people’s land.
117. What organization wanted to return
control of the southern governments to the
Democrats by intimidation?
Ku Klux Klan
122. How long did
Reconstruction last in
Georgia? 5 Years
121. Why was Henry McNeal Turner and
other black legislators expelled from the Georgia General
Assembly? He did not have the right to hold
political office according to the constitution.
HISTORYSS8H7b
139. What Constitutional
amendment was violated by Jim
Crow legislation? 14th Amendment
137. African Americans were
separated in schools, restrooms and waiting rooms because of what
laws? Jim Crow Laws
138. What court case gave the
states the right to promote
segregation? Plessy v. Ferguson
136. What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that
segregated facilities much be
equal? Plessy v. Ferguson,
1896
140. In the early 1900s what methods
restricted the voting rights of African
Americans in Georgia? Poll taxes
grandfather clause Gerrymandering
literacy tests
HISTORYSS8H8
141. What 2 things hurt
Georgia farmers in the early
1900s? DroughtBoll weevil
142. What insect feeds on the white, fluffy
cotton? Boll weevil
143. What 3 things that caused the
Great Depression? stock speculation
borrowing more money than could be repaid
overproduction
145. What was the nickname for the
day the stock market crashed?
Black Thursday – October 24
Black Tuesday – October 29
144. What United States president
was blamed for the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
147. Why did Georgia NOT
immediately feel the impact of the
stock market crash? Georgia was already
in a depression.
146. What is the belief that
government should not interfere in the economy called?
Laissez-faire
148. Which Georgia governor did not
support public welfare, voting rights for blacks,
or federal assistance programs?
Eugene Talmadge
149. How many times was
Eugene Talmadge elected
governor?4
150. From what group did he receive his greatest support?
rural voters
151. Who was the president credited with bringing the
US out of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
152. What were the programs that paved the way for economic recovery in the United States after the Great
Depression? The New Deal
Programs
153. What is the AAA?
Agricultural Adjustment
Act
156. What New Deal program provided loans
to farmers’ co-ops so they could run power lines in rural areas?
Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
154. What group of Georgians
benefited most from the AAA?
property owners
155. What was the system of retirement and unemployment
begun as a part of the depression recovery is
called what?
Social Security
HISTORYSS8H7d
165. Be3fore the US entered WWII, it
provided lend-lease aid to what two countries?
England and Soviet Union
160. Who were the Central
Powers? Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
159. What was the most immediate cause of WWI?
the assassination of Franz Ferdinand of the Austrian
Hungarian empire by a Serbian terrorist
158. What 3 ways did
Georgia support WWI?
Growing food Making uniforms and material for
them Transporting arms and soldiers
157. What countries were allies in WWI? Great Britain, France, United
States and Russia
161. The German invasion of what country was the
immediate cause of WWII?
Poland
163. Name 3 major members
of the Axis Powers of WWII.
Germany, Japan, Italy
164. Name 3 major members of the Allied Powers of
WWII.
Great Britain, the United States, the
Soviet Union
167. The extermination of 6 million Jews and
other “undesirables” during WWII is referred to as
what? the Holocaust
162. Why did the US enter
WWII? The Japanese
bombing of Pearl Harbor
168. Who was the world
leader who instigated this extermination?
Adolf Hitler
166. As its allies ran out of money with which to purchase
war equipment, what system did the US.
start? the lend-lease
aid
HISTORYSS8H10
184. What term is used to describe the
residential area immediately around
cities?
suburban
182. What is the key reason for the
migration of people into Georgia since
the 1960’s?
diversified economy
181. What has resulted in new crops and has changed the way farming is done
in Georgia since WWII?
technology
183. What percentage of
Georgia’s population today lives in the Metro
Atlanta area? Over 50%
185. Unplanned growth
surrounding cities is referred
to as what? urban sprawl
188. Racial moderation that included the
integration of lunch counters in Atlanta was achieved during what
mayor’s administration?
William Hartsfield
187. What is the fastest growing
population group in Georgia?
Hispanics
190. Aviation is the issue for which Mayor
____________ is best remembered?
Hartsfield
186. What problem was created by
commuting from the suburbs?
air pollution
189. Who was the mayor of Atlanta credited with the
removal of segregation signs in city hall and the
integration of the city government and the fire
department?
Ivan Allen
189. Who was the mayor of Atlanta responsible for
bringing professional athletic teams to the
city? Ivan Allen
195. Abolishing the poll tax and adopting a new
state constitution is credited to what
governor?
Ellis Arnall
193. Who was the first governor of
Georgia to serve a term of 4 years?
Ellis Arnall
194. Who were the candidates in the
1966 Georgia Democratic primary for governor? Ellis Arnall
Lester Maddox
192. Who was the Georgia native who was the first African
American major league baseball
player?
Jackie Robinson
196. What was the US Supreme Court case that ruled the separate-but-equal
policy as unconstitutional? Brown v. Board of Education Topeka,
Kansas 1954
197. What law withheld federal
funds from schools that did
not end segregation? Civil Rights Act of
1964
HISTORYSS8H11
a,b,c
198. How did Dr. King favor bringing about social change?
Nonviolent protests
199. What state commission studied the
problem of school integration?
Sibley Commission
200. What action of Dr. King directly influenced the passage of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965? March on
Washington, 1963
201. What civil rights movement abandoned the principles of Dr.
King?
Black Panthers
202. Who was the first African American to serve as a member of the Atlanta board
of education?
Benjamin Mays
203. During the 3 governors episode who was locked out of his office and set up an office at the
Capitol’s information counter?
Ellis Arnall
204. Herman Talmadge made
his greatest contribution as
governor in what area? education
205. During Herman Talmadge’s
administration what was begun in order to
fund a lengthened school year and school
improvements? 3% sales tax
206. In what year did the Georgia
state flag become an issue in the race
for governor? 2000
207. What organization was founded 2 months after the 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro,
N.C.? Student Non-violent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
208. To promote civil rights for all
citizens is the purpose of what organization?
NAACP
209. The integration of interstate bus station
waiting rooms in Albany was the focus of what
movement? The Albany
Movement 1961
210. Who was the first black
mayor of Atlanta?
Maynard Jackson
211. Who were the first African
American students be admitted to
UGA? Charlayne Hunter
and Hamilton Holmes
212. What governor appointed more African
Americans to state boards than all prior
governors combined?
Lester Maddox
213. Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream”
speech is associated with
what event? March on Washington
214. Who was the first African American since Reconstruction to be
elected to the House of Representatives from
Georgia?
Andrew Young
215. Who was appointed as
UN ambassador from the US?
Andrew Young
HISTORYSS8H12
222. Where was President Carter born?
Plains, Georgia
223. What political positions were held
by Jimmy Carter during his career?
Member of Plains school board
Ga. state senate Ga. state governor
President
219. From what area did most of the
members of Ga.’s House of Representatives
come after the end of the county unit system?
urban areas
226. For most of the last 100 years,
Georgia was dominated by how
many political parties? One political party--
Democratic
224. The ______hostage crisis began during the
Carter administration.
Iranian
220. What president helped bring about the
Camp David Peace Accords?
Jimmy Carter
225. Who was the first Republican
governor in Georgia in 130
years? Sonny Perdue
221. What new cabinet position
was created under President
Carter? Department of
Education
227. The Stone Mountain tennis facility and the Georgia Horse
Park were built especially for what
event?
1996 Summer Olympics
229. What entrepreneur is associated with
Coca-Cola? John S.
Pemberton
230. Perhaps the greatest risk taken by the makers
of Coca-Cola in an effort to increase their
profit was to change the soft drink’s ___.
advertising
228. Who is an entrepreneur?
A person who takes risks to start a
business
231. Who was responsible for
making Coca-Cola a nationally
recognizable brand?
Asa Candler
234. Who was the Georgian who was the founder of the
American Girl Scouts?
Juliette Gordon Low
232. Name 3 international
businesses that had their
beginnings in Ga. Coca-Cola Home Depot
Delta Air Lines
233. Who is the author of the
novel, Gone with the Wind?
Margaret Mitchell
GOVERNMENT
SS8CG1a,b
236. Which branch of Georgia’s
government is the largest?
executive
239. Name the 3 branches of
government. Legislative Executive
Judicial
238. According to the system of checks and
balances, the _____branch does not have the power to
appoint state judges.
judicial
241. According to the system of checks and
balances, the executive branch checks the legislative branch
through the use of the ______.
veto
235. How many articles are in Georgia’s state constitution?
11
240. What term refers to the designation of
certain powers to each of the 3 branches of
government?
separation of powers
242. What keeps one branch of
government from becoming too
powerful?
separation of powers
237. To whom does the Georgia
constitution give the right to control the
government?
voters
GOVERNMENT
SS8CG3a,b
264. What qualifications are
required to be elected
governor? 30 years old a citizen of the US for 15 years
a resident of Georgia for 6 years
268. The lieutenant governor most
effectively affects the passage of failure of
legislation in the state senate by
_______. assigning Senate bills to committee
262. Who becomes Georgia’s governor in
the event both the governor and the
lieutenant governor are unable to serve?
Speaker of the House
261. What is the maximum number of
consecutive years that a Georgia governor may
serve as the state’s chief executive officer?
8
269. The power to pardon
criminals is a ______
power of the governor. judicial
263. What types of powers are given
to Georgia’s governor by the
state constitution? legislative,
executive, judicial
266. The chief legal officer of the state is the
______.
Attorney General
267. What office maintains the state’s official records and supervises elections? Secretary of
State
265. How many consecutive years can a
lieutenant governor serve in that capacity according to Georgia’s constitution?
undefined number of years
HISTORYSS8H7a
127. What was Tom Watson’s
greatest accomplishment
? The Rural Free Delivery
Bill
126. Stories of black violence against
whites in the Atlanta newspapers resulted
in what? The Atlanta Race
Riot of 1906
124. Who benefited from the
county unit system? The rural areas
of the state
125. The racial unrest brought about by the
Leo Frank case resulted in the creation of a
chapter of the KKK who called themselves what?
The Knights of Mary Phagan
123. What young man was
lynched in Marietta due to anti-Semitism? Leo Frank
128. The phrase that was used to reflect the change of the South in
areas of business, industrialization, agriculture, race
relations, and society was what? The New South
130. What was held in Atlanta to showcase the
industries of the New South?
The International Cotton Exposition
129. The 3 Georgia leaders who shared a strong belief in white
supremacy and states’ rights following
Reconstruction were referred to as what?
The Bourbon Triumvirate
132. Who coined the term “New South”?
Henry Grady
131. Who were the members of the
Bourbon Triumvirate?
Joseph Brown Alfred Colquitt
John Gordon
135. Who wrote for the Atlanta Journal and focused on the need for reform in
the prison system?
Rebecca Latimer Felton
133. What group of the population was supported by Tom Watson, a Georgia
populist?
farmers
134. What was the major crop produced
in Georgia when Reconstruction
ended?cotton
GOVERNMENT
SS8CG4
270. What courts are found in each
county in Georgia? municipal courts
magistrate courts probate courts juvenile courts
274. What types of cases are
automatically reviewed by the state supreme
court? death penalty
cases
271. Whether or not a person accused of a
crime should be charged and stand
trial for that crime is decide by whom? Grand Jury
272. How long is the term of a
member of the Georgia State
Supreme Court? 6 years
273. How many justices serve on the Georgia State Supreme
Court? 7
275. Name the 2 types
of court cases.
criminal and civil
277. Who has the burden of
proof in a criminal case?
state
276. What are the most
serious criminal crimes called?
felonies
280. A juvenile in Georgia is one
who is under the age of _____.
17
278. Who has the burden of proof in a civil
case? plaintiff
288. A juvenile is not arrested ,
but is rather _____
______ _____. Taken into
custody
282. Juveniles in Georgia are not
guaranteed the right to _______when being
detained.
bail
279. What are the less serious criminal
crimes called? misdemeanors
286. What is an act that would be
considered a crime if committed by an
adult? delinquent act
281. How are juvenile judges
selected? Appointed by superior court judges
284. Working at a kitchen in a homeless shelter is an
example of ________ _________ that could by assigned by a juvenile
judge.
community service
285. Who determines if a juvenile who is taken into custody should be detained or released to
his or her parents?
Intake officer
287. What refers to an act that would not
be considered a crime if committed
by an adult?
status offense
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172. Who supported political equality for African Americans
(Washington to DuBois?
W.E.B. DuBois
169. Who was the first black
president of Atlanta Baptist
College? John Hope
171. Who supported economic equality
and vocational education for African
Americans (Washington to
DuBois)? Booker T. Washington
174. What Georgian is known as the “father of
the 2-ocean Navy”?
Carl Vinson
176. What did the Bell Aircraft
Company in Marietta produce
during WWII? The B-29
aircraft
175. What governor of Georgia established the Board of Regents of the University System and
began school lunch programs?
Richard Russell
180. Why did FDR spend so much time in
Georgia? FDR used the warm mineral
waters of Warm Springs to ease his polio.
173. What business made Alonzo Herndon a successful
businessman? Atlanta Mutual
Insurance Company
177. Where in Georgia were Liberty ships built during
WWII? Brunswick and
Savannah
178. What New Deal program resulted
from President Roosevelt’s view of rural Georgia while
sitting on his porch in the evening? Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
179. Where did Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) die while sitting for a portrait?
Warm Springs, Ga.
Today Atlanta Baptist College is
known as Morehouse. Where
is it located?
Atlanta