Georgias 4 Modes of Transportation

Which transportation system would be fastest at getting a package from Atlanta to London, England?

• Georgia's air transportation
• Georgia's deepwater ports
• Georgia's railroads
• Georgia's interstates

Which transportation system would most likely be used to move coal from Kentucky  to Georgia’s coal burning power plants?

• Georgia's airports
• Georgia's deepwater ports
• Georgia's railroads
• Georgia's interstates

In Gordon, Georgia, a city in the eastern Coastal Plain, the major industry is kaolin mining.  Kaolin is shipped overseas to factories for use in porcelain and paper manufacturing. To expedite this process, Gordon, GA, therefore is on

• a deep canal
• a major rail line
• an interstate 
• a Delta airline terminal

What form of transportation would be used to bring a large shipment of foreign oil to its first point for unloading in Georgia?  (1 point)

• A railroad boxcar
• A 747 cargo plane
• An 18 wheeler truck
• An oil tanker ship

A major airline corporation with its headquarters in Atlanta, ______________ takes its name from the area where it was founded, at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

• Natchez Air
• Gulfstream
• Delta Airlines
• Frontier Airlines

Based on the information in this display at the Delta Airlines Museum, what is the connection between the corporation and the capital of Georgia?

• If Delta grew, then Atlanta would have to move its city limits out wider.
• If Delta grew, then people would want to leave New York and move here.
• If Delta had a regular flight to New York, it would mean more businesses could relocate to Atlanta
• If Delta had a regular flight to New York, Atlanta would be bigger than New York City.

Georgia's two deepwater ports are

• Augusta and Atlanta
• Brunswick and Bainbridge
• Savannah and Darian
• Brunswick and Savannah

Which transportation system has the biggest impact on making GA a center of international business?

• The Port at Brunswick

• The Marta rail system

• The Interstate system

• Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

Why is Atlanta's longest serving mayor, William Hartsfield, known as Atlanta's "Father of Aviation"?

• He was a pilot who started Delta Airlines

• He was a colleague of the Wright Brothers

• He worked for Lockheed Martin

• He believed that an airport in Atlanta would be the key to the city's economic prosperity.

What first connected the port of Savannah to domestic markets in the west?

• airports

• railroads

• public roads

• interstate highways