Name That Region
Physical Features
Georgia General Knowledge
Water
Vocabulary
100
This region is the largest and is very agricultural. The land is mostly flat.
What is the Coastal Plain?
100
This physical feature is where the Piedmont and the Coastal Plains regions meet.
What is the Fall Line?
100
Name the current Governor of Georgia.
Who is Nathan Deal?
100
This is the largest fresh water swamp in North America.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
100
The term means "foot of the mountain".
What is Piedmont?
200
This region is in Georgia's northwestern corner of the state. It is known for its limestone caves.
What is the Appalachian Plateau?
200
This physical feature protects the mainland from much of the oceans wind, waves and currents that would otherwise erode the coast.
What are the Barrier Islands?
200
Name 3 things that grow in Georgia that we export to other states for profit.
What are vidalia onions, peaches and peanuts?
200
Many man-made lakes harness water from this river for hydroelectricity and drinking water.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
200
A low-lying wetland typically covered with grasses.
What is a marsh?
300
This region contains attractions and universities like the GA aquarium, Turner Field, UGA and GA Tech.
What is the Piedmont?
300
This physical feature begins in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and is the natural boundary between Georgia and South Carolina.
What is the Savannah River?
300
The region of the United States that we live in.
What is the Southeastern Region?
300
This physical feature is important for shipping and trade. Its deep waters and width make it possible for large ships to navigate in it.
What is the Savannah river?
300
Overall weather in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
400
This region was once covered by a prehistoric ocean.
What is the Coastal Plain?
400
This physical feature begins the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows southwest towards Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
400
Name two fortune 500 companies that based in Georgia.
What are Delta, UPS, Home Depot, or CNN?
400
A rural settler in the early 1800's would most likely locate a new town along this river.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
400
Means "land of the trembling earth".
What is Okefenokee?
500
This region has an elevation between 700 and 1600 feet. There is some farming of corn, soybeans and apples in the valleys.
What is the Valley and Ridge?
500
In 1828, gold was discovered in this area and the discovery put the town of Dahlonega, GA on the map.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
500
Name the Mayor of Atlanta.
Who is Kasim Reed?
500
Important for providing a habitat for many animals, drinking water for many cities and used as a coolant for power plants.
What are the state's rivers and waterways.
500
The process by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away by wind or rain.
What is erosion?
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