Test Your Knowledge About Georgia Geography! Trivia Quiz
Are you looking to test your knowledge about Georgia geography? Georgia has various swampy areas, made for perfect farming, growing, and producing rice and soils that make it a perfect place to grow different farm produces as well such as the world’s tastiest onions. Did you know that Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River? Get to learn some more about it by tackling the quiz below.
- 1.Who founded Georgia?
- A.
James Oglethorpe
- B.
Christopher Columbus
- C.
The Spanish
- D.
George Washington
- 2.Georgia was founded in...
- A.
1717
- B.
1742
- C.
1776
- D.
1733
- 3.What was the name of the first city founded in Georgia?
- A.
Jamestown
- B.
Savannah
- C.
Philadelphia
- D.
Ogletown
- 4.Which two were illegal in early Georgia?
- A.
Slaves, Alcohol
- B.
Slaves, Guns
- C.
Alcohol, Catholics
- D.
Alcohol, Weapons
- 5.A secret reason for the founding of Georgia was:
- A.
A Pirating Route to the south
- B.
To keep an eye on the Spanish to the south
- C.
To monitor colonists to the north
- D.
To finally have 13 colonies, the king's lucky number at the time
- 6.After Georgia was made a crown colony, which of the following was resisted (or never happened) until 1752?
- A.
The British tax on all exports
- B.
The establishment of the Church of England
- C.
The forced growth of more tobacco
- D.
The move of the capital
- 7.Which of the following religious minorities made Georgia home?
- A.
The Protestants
- B.
The Jews
- C.
The Lutherans
- D.
The Catholics
- 8.Georgia was the...
- A.
5th colony founded
- B.
13th colony founded
- C.
2nd colony founded
- D.
10th colony founded
- 9.Georgia was a...
- A.
Penal Colony
- B.
Hideaway for Pirates
- C.
Slave State
- D.
Colony against Protestants
- 10.What was the name of the ship the colonists came to Georgia on?
- A.
The Crusader
- B.
The Elite
- C.
The Anne
- D.
Maryanne