Geography Test Review - Standard SS8G1

Your family has decided to sponsor an international exchange student from Sweden. Your student, Heidi, has never traveled outside of her country. She has contacted you on facebook and wants to know where Georgia is located. Which of these is the BEST response to her request?

• Georgia is located in the Eastern Hemisphere on the North American continent in the United States of America.
• Georgia is located in the Northern Hemisphere on the North American continent in the United States of America.
• Georgia is located in the Southern Hemisphere on the North American continent in the United States of America.
• Georgia is located in the Northern Hemisphere on the South American continent in the United States of America.

How does Georgia's climate help its economy?

• The mountains attract millions of tourists each year for their world famous snow skiing.
• Atlanta has grown into the premier city in the Southeast and offers a wide variety of jobs.
• Long growing seasons and adequate moisture in most years allow a wide variety of crops to be produced.
• Rivers and roadways provide much needed transportation routes for distribution of goods produced there.

Which of Georgia's physical features can be classified as a wetland and, as such, has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge and a National Wilderness Area?

• Fall Line
• Okefenokee Swamp
• Cumberland Island
• Chattahoochee River

Which of these BEST describes the location of Georgia?

• Middle West United States
• Northwestern United States
• Southwestern United States
• Southeastern United States

What protects Georgia from damage by storms and hurricanes?

• the Atlantic Ocean
• the Savannah River
• the Barrier Islands
• the state of Florida

Because of the climate in Georgia, early colonists found Georgia to be a good place for

• the king to reside.
• the first American colony.
• growing crops to send to England.
• hiring people to work in England.

The state of Georgia is found in BOTH the

• Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Southern and Eastern hemispheres.

The Blue Ridge region of Georgia is found in what area of the state?

• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southeast
• Southwest

The "Fall Line" is the dividing point between which two geographic regions in Georgia?

• Blue Ridge and Piedmont
• Piedmont and Coastal Plain
• Blue Ridge and Valley & Ridge
• Appalachian and Valley & Ridge

The blue line represents what Georgia river?

• Flint
• Savannah
• Ocmulgee
• Chattahoochee