Georgia Regions
Physical Features
Starting businesses
GA Transportation
GA Economy and Personal Finance
100

This flat region is the largest region in Georgia. It features a coast, the barrier islands off the coast, and the Okefenokee swamp. 

What is the Coastal Plain?

100

This long, rocky mountain chain stretches the state of Maine all the way down into the northern part of Georgia.

What are the Appalachian Mountains.

100

This is a person who takes a risk to start a business by providing goods or services to meet a need.

What is an Entrepreneur?

100

This serves as the hub of the transportation of goods and people across states, countries, and even continents,  and employees over 50,000 employees.

What is Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport?

100

Delta Airlines, Emory University Healthcare, UPS, CNN are all part of this industry that employees the most people in Atlanta area.   

What is the service industry?

200

This region has the highest population, and its economic contributions include the aircraft and automobile manufacturing, poultry processing, and timber.

What is the Piedmont?

200

This natural boundary separates Georgia’s Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions and is known for its waterfalls and drop in elevation.

What is the Fall Line?

200

The possibility that something bad may happen.  In business, there's no reward without this.

What is risk?

200

This large series of cross-state roads are an important part of Georgia's infrastructure.

What is the Interstate Highway System?

200

If you spend more on your credit card than you can pay back right away, you'll start paying this — it adds to your debt and makes things more expensive over time.

What is paying higher interest rates?

300

This mountainous region is where Brasstown Bald (the highest point in Georgia) is.  This region also gets the most precipitation, which is it is the starting point for the Chattahoochee River.

What is the Blue Ridge region?

300

This is the economically important river makes the eastern border between Georgia and South Carolina. This river is good for transportation AND shipping. 

What is the Savannah River?

300

A financial gain; or, what's left after expenses.

What is profit?

300

The name of the popular city, which has a Deep water port, and is also named after a river which flows near it.

What is Savannah?

300

This is the starting point for personal financial management

What is income (the money you make from a job)?

400

This region is in north Georgia and includes industries such as mining and textiles.  It includes the city of Dalton, which is known as the "Carpet Capital of the World."  

What is the Ridge and Valley (Valley and Ridge) region?

400

These islands protect Georgia’s mainland from storms and erosion and are home to historic sites, beaches, and wildlife.

What are the barrier islands?

400

This term means a reason for doing something because something good may happen; especially a money-related one.

What is an incentive?

400

This transportation system, which was established in 1837, was the largest in the south east, and earned it the nickname "Terminus".

What is the railway/train system?

400

To cover the cost of emergencies like unexpected expenses like medical bills or urgent repairs is an example of what.

What are reasons for savings? 

500

This northwest region has flat top mountains and poor soil.  It is also known as the "TAG" corner.

What is the Appalachian Plateau?

500

Covering over 400,000 acres in South Georgia, this massive wetland is home to alligators, cypress trees, and was originally inhabited by Native Americans.

What is the Okefenokee swamp?

500
In economics, this term refers to tools, machines, buildings, labor, or money that are used to produce goods and services.





What is capital?

500

As far as Georgia deep-water ports go, this is the less common and popular of the two, though the stew did get its name from this city

What is Brunswick?

500

To build up a safety net and also to show how money grows over time are examples of what?

What are benefits of savings?