Georgia's Cultural Heritage Georgia Studies Chapter 22

Match the following Vocabulary word with it's definition:

• people who donate money to causes that they feel unworthy and beneficial to humanity

• Ethnic group

• made up of many cultures,

• multicultural

• a group of people who share the same customs language, same background

• Historical preservation

• a person willing to take a financial raise to start and manage a business

• philanthropist

• a movement, that attempts to preserve and restore buildings, and other structures of the past

• Entrepreneur

What is Culture?

• Mrs. Sylvain's Family

• a term used to identify the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs

• movement, that attempts to preserve and restore buildings, and other structures of the past

• Nations, Cities, States & Towns

We can identify an ethnic group by their​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• customs
• food
• dress
• age
• gender
• eye color
• number of siblings

Match the following:

• Things that have originated in the South

• International City

• Items made by hand using skills that are generally self-taught or learned a

• What would we considered a part of our southern culture?

• recognized around the world, connected to the rest of the world in many ways

• Folk Art

• places in the community where artists can do their work and display it for the public.

• Community Culture Center

How can historic preservation benefit Cities & towns in Georgia?

(a)  

Which prominent Georgian and former mayor of Atlanta was instrumental in helping create that city’s successful bid to host the 1996 Olympic Games?

• Andrew Young

• William B. Hartsfield

• Maynard Jackson

• Billy Paine

What effect did hosting the 1996 Olympics have on the city of Atlanta?

• It confirmed Atlanta’s reputation as an international city.

• It showed that Atlanta’s public transportation system was poorly managed.

• Foreign governments rejected Atlanta as a city without culture.

• The city lost large amounts of money.

Based on the statement from the textbook, which of the following BEST defines the term multicultural?

• A population made up of many different cultures living and working together.

• A society where one group of people controls everything.

• An economy with many different forms of transportation and industry.

• A system where two political parties get most of a population’s votes.

Which is the BEST conclusion that can be drawn from the map, "Percent Change in Hispanic Population by County: 2000 to 2010"?

• Between 2000 and 2010, Georgia’s Hispanic population increased.

• Georgia’s Hispanic population decreased between 2000 and 2010.

• Since 2010, Georgia’s Hispanic population has not grown.

• The Hispanic population grew more in Georgia’s southwestern counties.

Based on the figures from the Census Bureau (2014), which of the following statements is true?

• Hispanic Americans make up the third-largest group in Georgia.

• African Americans make up the largest group of people in Georgia.

• Whites make up the second-largest group in Georgia.

• Asian Americans make up the second-largest group in Georgia.