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WorksheetsTransportation & the Economy
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which interstate does NOT pass through Atlanta?
a)
I-95
b)
I-20
c)
I-75
d)
I-85
2.
What is the name of Atlanta's international airport?
a)
Ivan Allen Airfield
b)
Jimmy Carter International
c)
Hartsfield-Jackson
d)
O'Hare Airport
3.
What interstate runs along the GA coast?
a)
I-20
b)
I-75
c)
I-85
d)
I-95
4.
What owes its existence to Mayor Ivan Allen's "Forward Atlanta" program?
a)
port of Savannah
b)
Hartsfield-Jackson
c)
MARTA
d)
I-285 (the perimeter)
5.
What interstate is known as the "perimeter", encircling Atlanta?
a)
I-285
b)
I-20
c)
I-16
d)
I-85
6.
What are GA's two deep-water ports?
a)
Atlanta & Augusta
b)
Brunswick & Savannah
c)
Savannah & Macon
d)
Columbus & Athens
7.
Why have the ports of Savannah & Brunswick developed into major centers of trade?
a)
Their location next to major interstate Highways & rail lines.
b)
Over half the state[s population lives there.
c)
They have a tropical climate.
d)
Their latitude protects them from hurricanes.
8.
Which form of transportation delivers to every address in GA?
a)
ocean shipping
b)
railroads
c)
airplanes
d)
roads & streets
9.
Which form of transportation is the quickest, but also the MOST expensive?
a)
air
b)
ground
c)
ocean
d)
all answers
10.
All of these transportation facilities link GA to the world EXCEPT
a)
Atlanta Motor Speedway
b)
port of Savannah
c)
Hartsfield-Jackson
d)
port of Brunswick
11.
During the 1950's, what Atlanta mayor helped the city develop into a major aviation hub?
a)
William Hartsfield
b)
Ivan Allen
c)
Andrew Young
d)
Jimmy Carter
12.
What former African American mayor of Atlanta has the city's airport partly named in his honor?
a)
Andrew Young
b)
Maynard Jackson
c)
Bill Campbell
d)
Benjamin Mays
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