Geography
This region is north of Florida and south of the Fall Line
What is the Coastal Plain?
This river starts in the Blue Ridge region, provides drinking water to Atlanta, and helps form a natural border between Georgia and Alabama.
What is the Chattahoochee?
The four major transportation systems in Georgia include
What are interstate highways, seaports, Hartsfield-Jackson Airports, railroads?
The branch of government in charge of interpreting the law.
What is the judicial branch?
The name for the legislative body of Georgia's government.
What is the General Assembly?
This region has the state's highest population.
What is the Piedmont?
The largest freshwater swamp in North America, located in the Coastal Plain
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
Ruby, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, orders a video game from a store in Japan using the Internet. The store tells her that the game will arrive in three to five days.
Which of the following is the MOST LIKELY way that the goods will be transported from the store to Ruby’s home?
What is by airplane?
Right or responsibility?
Voting in elections and paying taxes
What are responsibilities?
The house of the Georgia legislature where you have to be 21 years old to be a member.
What is the House of Representatives?
The region of the United States that Georgia is located in.
What is the Southeast?
Protects the Georgia coast from wind and water erosion.
What are the barrier islands?
Identify the region in which Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is found AND the statement that BEST describes its impact on the region?
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Appalachian Plateau – It brings millions of tourists to Georgia’s beaches
Piedmont – The airport is the only way goods can get imported and exported out of Georgia.
Piedmont – The airport provides thousands of jobs for people living in and around Atlanta.
Appalachian Plateau -- The airport is part of an important transportation system that includes highways and trains.
What is C?
The reason that the Founders separated powers between branches of government
What is so no one branch would become too powerful?
_________ = 56 members
_________ = 180 members
What is the House?
Georgia is located in the northern and western _____________.
What is hemispheres?
Many waterfalls were located along this physical features, which is the last navigable point going upriver in Georgia.
What is the Fall Line?
Why is it important for people to save money every month if they wish to retire?
What is people lose their primary source of income when they retire?
The override of a veto is a check by the _________ branch on the __________ branch.
What is legislative on executive?
Permanent committees in the Georgia General Assembly.
What are standing committees?
The region and city known for carpet production
What is the Ridge & Valley and the city of Dalton?
The physical feature located in the Blue Ridge region which produces much rainfall, and is the start of Georgia's two main rivers.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
___________ is the amount of money spent, while __________ is money set aside for future use.
What are expenditures, savings?
The ability to declare laws unconstitutional is a check of the ___________ branch on the ____________ branch.
What is judicial on legislative?
Committees made up of both houses to work out one bill to be sent to the governor.
What are conference committees?