What is Georgia's largest region?
Piedmont
What region has tourism as its main economic opportunity?
Blue Ridge
Tobacco was planted to serve what purpose?
Ritual purposes
What is Georgia's absolute location?
NW Hemisphere
European Explores came to America aiding in the destruction of which Native American Indian tribe?
Mississippians
A location in relation to another
Relative Location
What physical feature has over 600 plants and 400 animal species?
Okefenokee Swamp
Why have few Paleo artifacts been found in one place?
Because they moved frequently
What region is Atlanta located?
Piedmont
What is Georgia's smallest region?
Appalachian Plateau
Who were the first people to use burial mounds?
Mississippians
Where is the beginning of the Appalachian Trail?
Springer Mountain in the Blue Ridge Region
What is the nickname for the Barrier Island?
Golden Isles
What is a hierarchical society?
Chiefdom
What is Georgia's relative location?
North of the equator, west of the prime meridian
Where does the Chattahoochee River empty into?
Gulf of Mexico
Which Coastal region is not suitable for farming?
Outer
What cities lie along the fall line of Georgia?
Columbus, Macon, Augusta
The workforce of the Mississippian Indians.
Commoners
Degrees of latitude and longitude on a map.
Coordinates
The place in a Mississippian Indian village where all of the action happened.
Plaza
Measures east and west of the Prime Meridian
Latitude
What is the oldest Indian civilization found in Georgia?
Paleo
What material did the Mississippians use to make pottery?
clay
What feature has been the subject of controversy and court cases?
Chattahoochee River
True or False: Horticulture aided the Native Americans in being able to stay in one spot and not move around as much.
True
What Native American group moved around in search of food?
Paleo
Religious burial sites
earth mounds
What natural feature is also known as peat water?
Okefenokee Swamp
An interwoven mix of sticks and mud used to make walls
Wattle and Daub
Which Native American group were the first to make pottery?
Woodland
Where in the Coastal Plain region is the land suitable for farming?
Inner Coastal
What are Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama?
States that border GA
Halves of the earth separated by the Prime Meridian and the Equator
Hemispheres
What is the exact location of a place on Earth based on fixed points and coordinates?
Absolute Location
Why are the Blue Ridge Mountains important to the growth of GA?
Precipitation provides rainfall to the entire state
Which continent is GA located?
North America
Rock used to make knives
chert
Through what river can cargo ships travel easily?
Savannah River
Where are the barrier islands located?
Otter Coastal
This region relies on an industrial economy.
Piedmont
Where is the "carpet capital" of the world?
Dalton, GA
Measures north and south of the equator
Longitude
Where does the Savannah river empty into?
Atlantic Ocean
What is Georgia's highest peak?
Brasstown Bald
The practice of garden cultivation used by the natives
horticulture
What group invented the bow and arrow?
Woodland
What region is divided into two sub-regions?
Coastal
The Creeks are the modern day group of Indians that the evolved from the_______________.
Mississippians
Which region is most suitable for agriculture?
Inner Coastal
What Native American group saw a change in climate resulting in their ability to gather fruits, berries and nuts?
Archaic
Contains the TAG corner at Lookout Mountain.
Appalachian Plateau
What is the border between the Piedmont and Coastal Plains called?
Fall Line