Georgia Studies Unit 10 Quiz Review

Which transportation system would MOST likely be used to get coal from North Georgia to Georgia’s coast?

• Georgia’s Atlanta airport

• Georgia’s railroads

• Georgia’s interstates

• Georgia’s deepwater ports

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

• Georgia’s deepwater ports

• Georgia’s railroads

• Georgia’s interstates

• Georgia’s Atlanta airport

As President of the United States, which department was created by Jimmy Carter?

• Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Education

• Department of Internal Revenue Service

• Department of Transportation

Which transportation system would bring a package into Georgia after being sent by a small company in Europe?

• Georgia’s railroads

• Georgia’s Atlanta airport

• Georgia’s deepwater ports

• Georgia’s interstates

Georgia’s railroads and interstates carry products and goods to which city for export from the state?

• Valdosta

• Columbus

• Augusta

• Savannah

As a mayor of Atlanta, who helped to EXPAND the Atlanta airport to make Atlanta a center for aviation in the South?

• Ellis Arnall

• William Hartsfield

• Eugene Talmadge

• Maynard Jackson

Georgia’s two major deepwater ports are Savannah and..?

• Brunswick

• Augusta

• Atlanta

• Macon

Which is NOT a role Georgia’s Interstate Highway System plays in the state’s economy?

• Interstates are used by truckers taking goods to markets to be sold

• Interstates carry goods and products to ports from which they are then shipped

• Interstates carry tourists and business people throughout the state

• Interstates connect cities and towns making it easier to visit family

Who served as the first black mayor of Atlanta?

• Alonzo Herndon

• Andrew Young

• John Hope

• Maynard Jackson

Who was the only U.S. president elected from Georgia?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Benjamin Mays

• Jimmy Carter

• Carl Vinson