Geography Study Guide for Retake

1. What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

2. Name the largest region and what fraction of Georgia is it?

3. What is the smallest region?

4.In which region the Appalachian mountains?

5. Which region has the highest mountains?

6. What is the highest peak in Georgia called?

7. What is the nickname for the Appalachian Plateau?

8. Which region has the most population?

9. Which region do we live in?

10. What hemispheres do we live in?

11. What region of the United States is Georgia found?

12. What region has the Okefenokee Swamp?

13. What region has the barrier islands?

14. What does the barrier islands do for Georgia?

15. What industry is found in Ridge and Valley?

16. What is the fall line?

17. Where do you find the fall line?

18. What region is Dalton in?

19. What is Dalton known for?

20. What are the four types of transportation?

21. Which 2 types of transportation that opens up Georgia to the rest of the world?

22. What are the 2 deepwater ports in GA?

23. What replaced railroads?

24. What is Urban Sprawl?

25. What do the exit sign numbers mean on the highways?

26. Which direction do even numbers run on the interstates? Odd numbers?

27. What employs the most people in GA?

28. What is the name of the busiest airport in the world?

29. In what region does most of the rain fall in GA?

30. In what region do most of GA’s rivers begin?

31. What states do the Savannah River and Chattahoochee River separate?

  1. What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
  2. Absolute is an exact location, Relative is in relation to something else i.e north of Atlanta
  3. Name the largest region and what fraction of Georgia is it?
  4. Coastal Plains is 3/5 of the state
  5. What is the smallest region?
  6. Applachian Plateau
  7. In which region are the Appalachian mountains found?
  8. Blue Ridge
  9. Which region has the highest mountain?
  10. Blue Ridge
  11. What is the highest peak in Georgia called?
  12. Brasstown Bald
  13. What is the nickname for the Appalachian Plateau?
  14. TAG (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia)
  15. Which region has the most population?
  16. Piedmont (almost half of the state population)
  17. Which region do we live in?
  18. Piedmont
  19. What hemispheres do we live in?
  20. Northern and Western
  21. What region of the United States is GA found?
  22. Southeastern region
  23. What region has the Okefenokee Swamp?
  24. Coastal Plains
  25. What region has the barrier islands?
  26. Coastal Plains
  27. What does the barrier islands do for Georgia?
  28. Protects the coast from erosion
  29. What industry is found in Ridge and Valley.?
  30. Apple orchards and textile and carpet industries
  31. What is the fall line?
  32. Natural boundary between Piedmont and Coastal plains where many waterfalls are found. The cities that run along this are Columbus, Macon, and Augusta
  33. Where do you find the fall line?
  34. It separates the Piedmont and Coastal Plains
  35. What region is Dalton in?
  36. Ridge and Valley
  37. What is Dalton known for?
  38. Textiles and carpet
  39. What are the four types of transportation?
  40. Air, railroads, interstates, deep water ports for shipping
  41. Which 2 opens up Georgia to the rest of the world?
  42. Deep water ports and Air
  43. What are the 2 deep water ports in GA?
  44. Brunswick and Savannah
  45. What replaced railroads?
  46. interstates
  47. What is the urban Sprawl?
  48. When people started to move to the suburbs because they were able to use interstates to drive into the city. This provided a lot of jobs for people outside the city to build homes and businesses to meet the needs of the new population.
  49. What do the exit sign numbers mean on the highways?
  50. Mile markers
  51. Which direction do even numbers run on the interstates? Odd numbers?
  52. Evens go west and east, odd goes north and south
  53. What place employs the most amount of people in GA?
  54. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
  55. What is the name of the busiest airport in the world?
  56. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
  57. How do highways and railroads benefit GA?
  58. They open GA up to the rest of the country for importing and exporting goods. This also helps to bring in businesses, which brings in jobs and money into the economy.
  59. Where does most of the rain fall in GA?
  60. Blue Ridge
  61. Where do most of the rivers begin in GA?
  62. Blue Ridge
  63. What states do the Savannah River and Chattahoochee River separate?
  64. Savannah River is found on border between SC and GA and the Chattahoochee is found on the AL and GA boarder.