Georgia History Study Guide 1.10.22

Forms Georgia’s border with South Carolina & served as a source of travel for early settlers

• Savannah River

• Fall Line

• Atlantic Ocean

The height of something above sea level

• wetlands

• elevation

• landforms

• climate

Serves as the geological boundary between Piedmont & Coastal Plain regions

• Alabama

• South Carolina

• Fall Line

• Savannah River

Climate refers to the average weather and patterns of weather of a region over a long period of time.

• True

• False

This serves as protection to Georgia’s mainland from inclement weather & erosion

• Barrier islands

• Swamps

• Savannah River

• Chattahoochee River

This has heavy rains and storm surge, water that is pushed toward the coast by the strong winds

• tornadoes

• hurricanes

• precipitation

• an aquifer

A prolonged period of dry weather

• an aquifer

• drought

• tornado

• wetlands

Which region contains the capital city of GA?

• Ridge and Valley

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

• Blue Ridge Mountain

The most populated region is...

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Ridge and Valley

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

A large mountain chain in extending from Canada to Alabama

• Appalachian Mountains

• Atlantic Ocean

• Cloudland Canyon