Chapter 1

Question 0

What are Georgia’s borders?

Answer 0

Florida (south), Alabama (west), Tennessee (north), North Carolina (north), & South Carolina (east)

Question 1

What is absolute location?

Answer 1

Precise position on Earth’s location

Question 2

What is relative location?

Answer 2

Where a place or thing is compared to other landmarks or places

Question 3

What is Georgia’s location?

Answer 3

North West Hemisphere, United States, south east USA, Atlantic coast, sunbelt
/biblebelt

Question 4

What is a region?

Answer 4

Basic unit of study in geography

Question 5

What is precipitation?

Answer 5

Rain, hail, sleet, and snow

Question 6

What is a wetland?

Answer 6

Low-lying land area where where water lies close to the surface

Question 7

What are barrier islands?

Answer 7

A chain of islands that protect the mainland beaches by blocking much of the wind, sands, and water that could erode the mainland

Question 8

What is a continental shelf?

Answer 8

Portion of the continent or coastal plain that extends into the ocean

Question 9

What is a fall line?

Answer 9

The point at which the hilly or mountainous lands meet the coastal plain

Question 10

What is Georgia’s smallest physiographic region?

Answer 10

Appalachian plateau region

Question 11

The Appalachian plateau has many ____stone caves, _____ canyons, and rock _______.

Answer 11

Lime, deep, formations

Question 12

The tag corner region is the

Answer 12

Appalachian plateau

Question 13

What are four industrial products of the Appalachian plateau?

Answer 13

Paper, timber, furniture, hardwood

Question 14

The soil in the Appalachian plateau is best for ______ _______.

Answer 14

Hardwood Forests

Question 15

Where is the Ridge and Valley region?

Answer 15

Between the Blue Ridge mountains and the Appalachian Plateau

Question 16

The Ridge and Valley region has low open ______ parallel to narrow _____.

Answer 16

Valley, ridges

Question 17

____ and _____ soil in valleys, ____ and ____ in ridges

Answer 17

Limestone, clay, shale, sandstone

Question 18

What dominated the Ridge and Valley region?

Answer 18

Forests and pastures

Question 19

What is the nRidge and Valley’s main industrial product?

Answer 19

Carpet in Dalton, GA

Question 20

The Blue Ridge region is in what part of the state?

Answer 20

Northeastern

Question 21

What natural feats does the Blue Ridge region contain?

Answer 21

The state’s highest and largest group of mountains

Question 22

What is the name of Georgia’s tallest mountain and where is it located?

Answer 22

Brasswood Bald in the Blue Ridge region

Question 23

What region marks the beginning of the Appalachian Trail?

Answer 23

Blue Ridge region

Question 24

The Blue Ridge region has ____, _____, and ____ soils

Answer 24

Sandy, loam, clay

Question 25

The Blue Ridge region has _______ forests, ______ farming, and ______.

Answer 25

Hardwood, vegetable, apples

Question 26

Where is half of the states population?

Answer 26

Piedmont plateau

Question 27

Which region takes up a third of the states land area?

Answer 27

Piedmont plateau