Georgia’s Geography Review
1. Describe Georgia’s location. Located north of Florida
2. What are the names of the states that border Georgia? Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North
Carolina
3. How many physiographic regions does Georgia have? 5
4. What is the smallest physiographic region in Georgia? Appalachian Plateau
5. What is the name of the major interstate that circles Atlanta? I-285
6. What region is Atlanta located in? Piedmont
7. Describe Georgia’s location in another way. Located in the southeast region of the USA
8. What hemisphere is Georgia located in? northern hemisphere and western hemisphere
9. Describe Georgia’s location in another way. West of the prime meridian
10. What region of Georgia is the star located in? Coastal Plain
11. What physiographic region is Lookout Mountain located in? Applachian Plateau
12. How does the Savannah River help Georgia? Produces electricity for the state
13. What is the largest physiographic region in Georgia? Coastal Plain
14. What continent is Georgia is located on? North America
15. Why did early settlers build settlements near the Fall Line? Waterfalls were difficult to cross.
16. How does the Chattahoochee River help Georgia? Provides clean water for the state.
17. What region is the Okefenokee Swamp is located in? Coastal Plain
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GA’s smallest region located in the NW corner
of the state
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Site of Lookout Mountain and Cloudland
Canyon
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Contains GA’s only coal deposits
18. What region does the information in the box describe? Appalachian Plateau
19. How does climate help Georgia? Makes GA a great place for troops to train.
20. What two regions are separated by the Fall Line? Piedmont and Coastal Plain
21. Which statement describes the Chattahoochee River? Forms a border between GA and Alabama
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Located in the NE corner of GA
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Apples and fruit trees are a major crop
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Precipitation from this region becomes the sources of the
Chattahoochee and Savannah Rivers
22. What region does the information in the box describe? Blue Ridge
23. What are all the cardinal directions? North, east, south, west
24. What does climate mean? Average weather conditions over 30 years
25. What river forms one of Georgia’s borders? Savannah, Chattahoochee, St. Mary’s
26. The St. Mary’s River forms the border between Georgia at what other state? Florida
27. What city has a deepwater port? Savannah and Brunswick
28. What separates the eastern and western hemispheres? Prime Meridian
29. What separates the northern and southern hemispheres? Equator