Chapter 1 Flashcards
What are Georgia’s borders?
Florida (south), Alabama (west), Tennessee (north), North Carolina (north), & South Carolina (east)
What is absolute location?
Precise position on Earth’s location
What is relative location?
Where a place or thing is compared to other landmarks or places
What is Georgia’s location?
North West Hemisphere, United States, south east USA, Atlantic coast, sunbelt
/biblebelt
What is a region?
Basic unit of study in geography
What is precipitation?
Rain, hail, sleet, and snow
What is a wetland?
Low-lying land area where where water lies close to the surface
What are barrier islands?
A chain of islands that protect the mainland beaches by blocking much of the wind, sands, and water that could erode the mainland
What is a continental shelf?
Portion of the continent or coastal plain that extends into the ocean
What is a fall line?
The point at which the hilly or mountainous lands meet the coastal plain
What is Georgia’s smallest physiographic region?
Appalachian plateau region
The Appalachian plateau has many ____stone caves, _____ canyons, and rock _______.
Lime, deep, formations
The tag corner region is the
Appalachian plateau
What are four industrial products of the Appalachian plateau?
Paper, timber, furniture, hardwood
The soil in the Appalachian plateau is best for ______ _______.
Hardwood Forests
Where is the Ridge and Valley region?
Between the Blue Ridge mountains and the Appalachian Plateau
The Ridge and Valley region has low open ______ parallel to narrow _____.
Valley, ridges
____ and _____ soil in valleys, ____ and ____ in ridges
Limestone, clay, shale, sandstone
What dominated the Ridge and Valley region?
Forests and pastures
What is the nRidge and Valley’s main industrial product?
Carpet in Dalton, GA
The Blue Ridge region is in what part of the state?
Northeastern
What natural feats does the Blue Ridge region contain?
The state’s highest and largest group of mountains
What is the name of Georgia’s tallest mountain and where is it located?
Brasswood Bald in the Blue Ridge region
What region marks the beginning of the Appalachian Trail?
Blue Ridge region
The Blue Ridge region has ____, _____, and ____ soils
Sandy, loam, clay
The Blue Ridge region has _______ forests, ______ farming, and ______.
Hardwood, vegetable, apples
Where is half of the states population?
Piedmont plateau
Which region takes up a third of the states land area?
Piedmont plateau
