Name: Class: Date: GUIDED READING Chapter 1 Page 1

1 name : class : date : GUIDED READING Chapter 1. Page 1. Section 1. Directions: Use the information on pages 2-8 to complete the following statements. 1. Using the timeline on page 2, what event happened in Georgia in 1893? _____. 2. The term geography comes from the Greek word geographia and means _____. 3. The definition of geography is as follows: Geography is the _____ of studying _____ as the _____. 4. Describe the relative location of your school. _____. _____. 5. Give an example of a cardinal direction. _____. 6. Give an example of an intermediate direction. _____. 7. The symbol on a map that gives cardinal and intermediate directions is called a(n). _____. 8. Describe the absolute location of your home. _____. _____. 9. Globes are round like spheres and may be divided into two halves called _____.

2 10. _____ is the distance north or south of the equator. 11. _____ tells how far east or west of the prime meridian a place is located. 12. Using Map 2, list the states that border Georgia. _____, _____, _____, _____ and _____. 13. Georgia is the _____ state in size east of the Mississippi River. Section 2. Directions: Use the information on pages 9-21 to complete the following statements. 1. A region is the _____ _____ of _____ in geography. Chapter ONE 1. name : class : date : GUIDED READING Chapter 1. Page 2. 2. The names of the five major physiographic regions of Georgia are _____, _____, _____, _____, and _____. 3. Because the far northwest corner of Georgia is the point at which Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia meet, it is often referred to as the _____ _____.

3 4. Four examples of precipitation are _____, _____, _____, and _____. 5. What is a wetland? _____. _____. 6. Why are the small islands along the coast of Georgia called the barrier islands? _____. _____. 7. The Fall Line is the point at which _____ meet _____ . Using the information you have just learned about the regions in Georgia, fill in the blanks below using the following region names: Appalachian Plateau region Piedmont Plateau region Blue Ridge region Ridge and Valley region Coastal Plain region 8. Which region is home to about half of the people living in Georgia? _____. 9. Which region is one of the most scenic but least traveled in Georgia? _____. 10. Which is the largest region? _____. 11. Which region is dominated by forests and pastures but has flat and fertile farmlands with fields of grain, pastures for cattle, and rows of apple orchards?

4 _____. 12. Which region is home to Brasstown Bald, the highest peak in the state? _____. 2 GUIDED READING - GEORGIA. name : class : date : GUIDED READING Chapter 1. Page 3. Section 3. Directions: Use the information on pages 22-31 to complete the following statements. 1. _____ refers to the day-to-day conditions and changes in the atmosphere. 2. _____ refers to the type of weather a region experiences over a long period of time. 3. The higher the climate, the (circle one) hotter colder the temperature. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as _____. 4. The record for the coldest temperature in Georgia was set in Floyd County in 1940, when the temperature reached _____ degrees. 5. The record for the highest temperature in Georgia was set in Louisville in 1952, when the temperature reached _____ degrees.

5 6. The term _____ is used to describe a lack of precipitation over a period of time that results in water shortages. 7. What causes ocean currents? _____. _____. 8. Three climate phenomena that occur with regularity in Georgia are _____, _____, and _____. 9. What level of damage would be expected from a class 4 hurricane? _____. 10. What is causing global warming (the raising of the average temperature on Earth)? _____. Match the following definitions to the correct terms. A. wind current B. trade winds C. prevailing westerlies ____ 11. Winds from around 30 degrees to 60 degrees latitude north and south of the equator that generally blow from the west to the east ____ 12. Surface winds from the equator to around 30 degrees south latitude, which flow from the southeast, and winds from the equator to around 30 degrees north latitude, which generally flow from the northeast ____ 13.

6 A continuous movement or flow of air Chapter ONE 3. GUIDED READING Chapter 1. Answers Section 1. 1. A deadly hurricane hit Savannah 2. Earth's description 3. science, Earth, home of humans 4. Answers will vary, but they should describe the location of the school in terms of a nearby known location (mall, house, etc.). 5. Possible answers: north, south, east, or west 6. Possible answers: northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast 7. compass rose 8. Answers will vary, but they should give the address of their home. 9. hemispheres 10. latitude 11. longitude 12. Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina 13. largest Section 2. 1. basic unit, study 2. Appalachian Plateau, Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, Piedmont Plateau, and Coastal Plain 3.

7 "TAG" corner 4. rain, hail, sleet, and snow 5. A low-lying land area where water lies close to the surface creating sloughs, swamps, bogs, ponds, and freshwater marshes 6. Because they protect the beaches by blocking much of the wind, sands, and water that could erode the mainland 7. hilly or mountainous lands, the coastal plain 8. Piedmont Plateau 9. Appalachian Plateau 10. Coastal Plain 11. Ridge and Valley 12. Blue Ridge Section 3. 1. weather 2. climate 3. Colder, vertical climate 4. -17 degrees 5. 112 degrees 6. drought 7. the uneven heating of Earth's surface by the sun 8. Answers should include three of the following: hurricanes, tornadoes, nor'easters, global warming, El Nino/La Nina. 9. extreme 10. an excess of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere 11.

8 C. 12. B. 13. A. 4 GUIDED READING - GEORGIA.