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Chapter 27:  Education and Culture in Modern Georgia



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The requirement to add a twelfth year to high school wasn’t passed until the
A.
1900s.
B.
1920s.
C.
1940s.
D.
1960s.
 

 2. 

Which Georgia governor was behind the state’s kindergarten program?
A.
Ellis Arnall
B.
Jimmy Carter
C.
George Busbee
D.
Eugene Talmadge
 

 3. 

The state curriculum used in Georgia’s schools today is the
A.
A Plus Education.
B.
Quality Based Education.
C.
Governor’s Honor Program.
D.
Georgia Performance Standards.
 

 4. 

Which Georgia governor oversaw the implementation of the Governor’s Honor Program?
A.
Frank Harris
B.
Carl Sanders
C.
George Busbee
D.
Eugene Talmadge
 

 5. 

One of Georgia’s earliest county music singers was
A.
Ray Charles.
B.
John Carson.
C.
Willie McTell.
D.
Richard Penniman.
 

 6. 

The Allman Brother’s Band is an example of what type band?
A.
folk
B.
blues
C.
hip-hop
D.
southern rock
 

 7. 

What was the first city in Georgia to found its own orchestra?
A.
Macon
B.
Atlanta
C.
Savannah
D.
Columbus
 

 8. 

Who wrote Gone With the Wind?
A.
Jessye Norman
B.
Caroline Miller
C.
Margaret Mitchell
D.
Carson McCullers
 

 9. 

Who wrote a play in 1999 portraying the Leo Frank case?
A.
Alfred Uhry
B.
James Dickey
C.
Jessye Norman
D.
Caroline Miller
 

 10. 

Which Georgia governor started a state film commission now known as Georgia Film?
A.
Ellis Arnall
B.
Frank Harris
C.
Jimmy Carter
D.
Eugene Talmadge
 



 
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