Georgia's Location
Which nation does Georgia belong to?
United States of America
Which region accumulates the most rainfall?
Blue Ridge
This physical feature is the largest blackwater wetland in the world and is located in Southeast Georgia and Northern Florida.
Okefenokee Swamp
What mountain/trail begins in the Blue Ridge Region?
Appalachian Trail
List the five states that border Georgia:
Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama
Georgia is located on which continent?
North America
Why is the Piedmont region considered the most populated region in Georgia?
Major cities are there, and that’s where most of GA’s population lives. Atlanta is in the Piedmont region.
What are the three primary functions of the Savannah River?
Provides drinking water and food, shipping, and hydroelectricity
What are the three important cities in the Fall Line?
Columbus, Macon, and Augusta
Capital City of Georgia
Atlanta
Which region is Georgia located in?
South East
What is the Highest Point in Georgia and which region is it located?
Brasstown Bald - Blue Ridge Region
The Savannah River forms a natural border between which two states?
GA and South Carolina
Why are Georgia's coastal islands called barrier islands?
The islands protect the mainland coast from ocean winds and waves.
The river that separates Georgia and Alabama?
Chattahoochee River
Which direction is Alabama from Georgia?
West
This region is characterized by flat top mountains and extremley poor agriculture?
Appalachian Plateau
If you lived in the Coastal Plain on the Barrier Islands, which direction would you have to travel to the Appalachian Plateau?
Northwest
Coastal Plain
The site where forts were built to protect from earlier settlers?
Barrier Islands
What separates the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
What is the dividing point between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain and what did it use to be in prehistoric times?
Fall Line, ocean shoreline.
Atlanta
The ocean that borders Georgia
Atlantic Ocean
Gold was found here in the 1800s, tourism is a key economic contribution to this physical feature.
Appalachian Mountains