Unit 1 Geography Vocabulary

a mountain chain that stretches from Georgia to Maine

• Blue Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Appalachian Mountains

1. Georgia’s smallest region located in the northwestern corner of the state.

• Blue Ridge

• Valley and Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Piedmont

 Several islands off the Georgia coast; inhabited by Native Americans; the Spanish built several missions on these islands.

• Fall LIne

• Barrier Islands

• Coastal Plains

A name for a group of mountains located in the Appalachian chain that are characterized by a “blue” haze that surrounds their peaks.

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Appalachian Plateau

• Appalachian Mountains

Georgia’s largest region which makes up 3/5 of the state.

• Piedmont

• Valley and Ridge

• Coastal Plains

• Blue Ridge

Earth’s largest form of land masses.

• Hemisphere

• Continent

• Nation

1. important Georgia river that forms part of the western boundary of the state. 

• Savannah River

• Chattahoochee River

A composite of prevailing weather conditions of a location.

• Climate

• Continent

• Hemispheres

• Humid Subtropical

A geographic boundary that separates the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions; named for decrease in elevation

• Coastal Plains

• Piedmont

• Fall LIne

• Barrier Islands

 lines of latitude and longitude that divide the earth into halves.

• Nation

• Continent

• Region

• Hemispheres