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How do interstate highways benefit Georgia’s economy?

• The highways connect to GA's deepwater ports, airport and railroads, which allows goods to be moved quickly and efficiently to national and international markets.

• It doesn't benefit the economy it actually harms it by congesting the roads with big trucks.

• By only allowing the deepwater ports to ship their international goods on them.

• The interstate highways benefit the states economy by localizing all trade.

How does the transportation systems have a local economic impact on the state of Georgia?

• Bring tourists to the state & provide job opportunities for Georgia's citizens

• Help in the development of cities in the state

• Allows the state to trade both domestically and internationally

• All of these

How does Atlanta’s international airport benefit Georgia’s economy?

• By being one of the largest and busiest in the world transporting goods and people.

• Having Delta Airlines headquartered in Atlanta.

• Being able to reach eighty percent of the U. S. markets within a two-hour flight from GA.

• All of these

How does GA’s railroads benefit the state’s economy?

• Railroads benefit the state's economy because they can move a large amount of goods throughout our state and the nation.

• The railroads benefit the state's economy by linking the interstate highway, deepwater ports, and airport together to move goods and people on both a national and international market.

• By utilizing an intermodal system to move goods and people to destinations throughout our state and the rest of the country.

• All of these

What is an entrepreneur? 

• A business or businesses, that takes on the financial risks of a new employee.
• Someone who runs the daily operations of a company and takes care of the financial risks in order to do so. 
• Someone who takes over a business or businesses, taking no financial risks in order to do so. 
• Someone who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.

What is profit? 

• The cost of providing goods and services.
• Using or showing new and creative ideas. 
• Financial risk that a business takes when starting a new venture
• The amount of money an entrepreneur or business earns after paying their expenses. 

If the tourism industry is the fifth largest employer in the state, what is the number one employer in the state? 

• Deepwater ports
• Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport 
• Interstate Truckers
• CSX Railroads

The Interstate system has helped Georgia companies to...

• supply their products to many more areas

• increase the speed of traffic in Atlanta

• reduce the number of accidents involving trucks

• create many congested traffic areas in Atlanta

The Interstate system has helped Georgia companies to...

• supply their products to many more areas

• increase the speed of traffic in Atlanta

• reduce the number of accidents involving trucks

• create many congested traffic areas in Atlanta

Which statement BEST describes Georgia's transportation infrastructure today?

• a strong transportation infrastructure including 2 deepwater ports, over 1,200 miles of interstate highways, over 5,000 miles of railroad track, and over 260 airports.
• been held back because it has less than 1,000 miles of interstate, 12,000 miles of federal and state highways, only 8 regional airports, and one seaport.
• an outstanding transportation infrastructure involving over 10 major seaports, over 25,000 miles of state and federal highway, over 1,500 miles of interstate, and over 320 airports.