Term | Definition |
county | a subdivision of the state set up to carry out certain governmental functions |
county seat | the city or town where the county government is located |
metropolitan area | a central city of over 50,000 residents or a city and its surrounding counties with a total population of 100,000 or more |
159 | number of counties in GA |
Okefenokee Swamp | located in the Outer Coastal Plain in SE Georgia; filled with "black water", home to hundreds of species of plants, animals, and reptiles |
Radium Springs | located near Albany; first opened as a resort casino in 1927; featured sapphire blue water flowing through a crystalline pool; most of the springs have dried up due to drought and algae |
Tallulah Gorge | 3 miles long and about 1,200 feet deep; use to be known as the "Niagra Falls of the South", but a dam was built so today the river is silent |
Stone Mountain | a solid grantite mountain that rises 750 feet above the GA Piedmont; known for its Confederate Memorial Carving, which is the largest raised sculpture in the world |
Providence Canyon | known as the "Little Grand Canyon", it is located in Lumpkin County and is made of multicolored rock level of tan, white, buff, pink, lavendar, red, salmon, and orange hues |
Warm Springs | located in Pine Mountain; Pres. Roosevelt visited here to treat his polio and even built a home here known as The Little White House |
Amicalola Falls | located near Dawsonville; means tumbling water in Cherokee; the falls provide an incredible 729-foot cascade of water |
Battle of Kettle Creek | revolutionary battle fought in GA; a rebel victory that provided a much needed morale boost to the Georgia rebels |
Siege of Savannah | American and French attempt to defeat the British forces in Savannah; it was unsuccessful and the British occupied the city until the end of the war |
Hernando de Soto | Spanish explorer; traveled through GA in 1540 looking for gold |
Ellijah Clarke | rebel colonel at the Battle of Kettle Creek |
Battle of Chickamauga | Civil War battle in northern GA in late 1863; the Confederates successfully pushed the Union out of GA and back to Chattanooga, but the Union quickly re-grouped and successfully invaded Georgia |
March to the Sea | Sherman's successful tactic to divide the Confederacy; caused about $100 million dollars in damage |
Battle of Atlanta | the result of this event was the burning of Atlanta |
Andersonville | notorious Civil War prisoner of war camp; it was run by the Confederates; conditions were so unsanitary and supplies were so low that over 13,000 Union prisoners died here |