brocks vocab

the largest swamp in North America; was the home to many Native Americans and a location for Spanish missions

• Coastal Plain

• Blue Ridge Region

• Okefenokee Swamp

• Appalachian Mountain

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

• Fall Line

• Valley and Ridge

• Appalachian Mountains

• Blue Ridge Mountains

a mountain chain that stretches from Georgia to Maine

• Fall Line

• Barrier islands

• Appalachian Mountains

• Blue Ridge Mountains

a mountain chain that stretches from Georgia to Maine

• Fall Line

• Barrier islands

• Valley and Ridge

• Appalachian Mountains

• Piedmont Region

lines of latitude and longitude that divide the earth into halves. Georgia is located in the Northwestern Hemisphere.

• Chattahoochee River

• climate

• Hemispheres

• Nation

Georgia’s most populated region known for its red clay; also known as “foot of the mountains”

• Fall Line

• Barrier islands

• Valley and Ridge

• Piedmont Region

major river that is used for trade and makes up Georgia’s eastern border with South Carolina

• Fall Line

• Savannah River

• Piedmont Region

• Continent

the world’s largest land masses.

• climate

• Fall Line

• Piedmont Region

• Continent

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

• Valley and Ridge

• Barrier islands

• Blue Ridge Region

• Appalachian Mountain

a composite of prevailing weather conditions of the location.

• Barrier islands

• Coastal Plain

• climate

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Okefenokee Swamp