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1st doctor: Samuel Nunis
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1st minister in Georgia: John Wesley
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1st modern govt. to serve 2 terms: Busbee
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1st planned city in USA: Savannah
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3 reasons Georgia was founded: silk, debtor colony, buffer state
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5 geographic regions in Georgia: Coastal Plains, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mt, Ridge & Valley, and Plateau
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Biggest state East of Mississippi: Georgia
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Created Cherokee alphabet: Sequoyah
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discovered Gulf stream: De soto
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Discovered the use of ether as an anesthetic: Crawford Long
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First European to get to Georgia: De Soto
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First French in Georgia: Jean Ribault
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founded Georgia: James Oglethorpe
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Georgi's govt.: Sonny Purdue
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Georgia counties: 159
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Georgia govt.: 21 trusties
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Georgia named after: King George 2nd
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Georgia;s senators: Johnny Isakson
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Georgia's first gold rush &year: Dahlonega 1828
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Georgia's highest point: Brasstown Bald
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Georgia's legislature: General Assembly
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Georgia's Lt. Govt.: Cassey Cagle
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Georgia's name by Indians: Guale (wall-e)
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Georgia's widest river: Altamaha River
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Govt. during Rev. War: James Wright
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Invented cotton gin: Eli Whitney
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Local Indian Chief, friends w/ Oglethorpe: Tomochichi
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longest river: Chattahoochee
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Most pop. sec. in Georgia: Piedmont
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Name of cities as Capital: Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
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Oglethorpe's friend died in prison: Castell
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other offices in executive branch and person holding it: Attorney Gen. Baker, Sec. of State Handel, Superintendent of edu. Cox, Insurance comm. Oxendine, Agriculture Irvin, Labor Thurmond
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Rep. in Hose: 13
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Separates Coastal Plains & Piedmont: Fall line - waterfalls and rapids
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Ship the settlers came on: Anne
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Speaker of House: Glenn Richardson - son in 9th, goes to Mt. Paran
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state Bird: brown Thrasher
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state fish: large mouth bass
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state flower: Cherokee rose
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state gem: quartz
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state insect: honey bee
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state mammal: Right Whale
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state song: Georgia on my mind
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state tree: living oak (not the "dead" oak)
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Translated for Tomo & Olge: Mary Mussgrove
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Type of Climate: Humid subtropical
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Vice pres. of Confederacy: Alexander H. Stephens
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what does Piedmont mean: Pied - foot ; Mont - mountains
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What should be state song: The Devil went down to Georgia
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When & where Oglethorpe landed: Yamacraw Bluff Feb. 12, 1733