Georgia's Geography

Identify the mountain range that is labeled with the red arrows.

• The Cascades

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Sierra Nevadas

The blue line represents what Georgia river?

• Savannah

• Ocmulgee

• Flint

• Chattahoochee

What protects Georgia from damage by storms and hurricanes?

• the Barrier Islands

• the Atlantic Ocean

• the state of Florida

• the Savannah River

Locate the Okefenokee Swamp. What is the importance of the Okefenokee Swamp to Georgia?

• It was the site of the first settlement of Native American Indians in the state of Georgia.

• It provides habitats for endangered and threatened species and a wide variety of other wildlife species.

• It contains miles of inland waterways used to link parts of the state together for transportation of goods produced in Georgia.

• It once served as a buffer zone between the United States and the French Empire

Which Georgia city owes most of its economic success to its location along the Atlantic Ocean?

• Augusta

• Columbus

• Atlanta

• Savannah

Beginning in the 1990s, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, entered into a legal battle involving the environment. Each state was claiming ownership of a natural resource. Which of these would MOST likely be the source of this legal battle?

• Okefenokee Swamp

• Barrier Islands

• Chattahoochee River

• Savannah River

The ________________ separates the Piedmont region from the Coastal Plain.

• Appalachian

• Fall Line

• Okefenokee

• Blue Ridge

The Savannah and Chattahoochee Rivers form Georgia's boundaries with _________________ and _______________.

• South Carolina and Alabama

• South Carolina and Florida

• North Carolina and Alabama

• Florida and Alabama

Georgia is found in what country?

• the United States

• East Coast

• the Southeast

• Canada

Which of these BEST describes the location of Georgia?

• Northwestern United States

• Southwestern United States

• Middle West United States

• Southeastern United States