WEEK 3 SS8G1, SS8H10-12

(SS8G1a) Georgia is located in what region of the United States?

• Midwest
• Northeast
• Southeast
• Southwest

(SS8G1d) Because of its warm weather and sunny beaches, beach-goers would most likely be attracted to which physiographic region?

• Coastal Plain
• Ridge and Valley
• Appalachian Plateau
• Blue Ridge

(SS8G1c) This freshwater marsh is located in the Coastal Plain region of Georgia.

• Everglades
• Ogeechee
• Okefenokee

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.

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

Which physical feature forms most of the border between Georgia and South Carolina, used for trade, and home to Georgia's deepwater ports?

• Chattahoochee
• Savannah
• Ogeechee
• Altamaha

Why is Atlanta's longest serving mayor, William Berry Hartsfield, known as Atlanta's "father of aviation"?

• He was an accomplished pilot who began Delta airlines.
• He was a colleague of airplane inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright.
• He developed the C5 mass transport airplane for Georgia's Lockheed Aeronautical plant.
• He believed that an airport for Atlanta would be a key to the city's economic prosperity.

What was the primary impact of the modernization of agriculture after 1945?

• Better farm machinery caused people from cities to move to rural areas so they could farm.
• . Fewer farm laborers were needed, so many people migrated to the cities.
• Although farm machinery improved, the demand for farm labor remained the same.

Oversaw the peaceful integration of schools in 1961.

• William B. Hartsfield
• Ivan Allen, Jr.