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Georgia
Georgia is located in the southeastern United States. Some key facts about Georgia are: - Atlanta is the capital and largest city. Popular sports teams include the Falcons, Braves, and Hawks. - Georgia has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. Agriculture is important, including peanuts, pecans, and poultry. - The state's population is over 9 million as of 2011, making it the 9th most populous state. Tourism is also a large industry, attracting visitors to sites like Atlanta and Jimmy Carter's hometown.
Georgia
- 1. Georgia By: AlexThompson Brady Topper Business Presentations
- 2. Introduction * Atlanta * StateStuff * Geographic Stuff * Sports Teams * College Sports Teams * State Song * Coca Cola * Famous People * Tourist Attractions
- 3. History of Georgia *Confederate state. * Succeeded (January,1861) * 1828 gold (1 oz in a small river) * July 25th, 1742 first Thanksgiving Day. * Founded by James Oglethorpe in 1732
- 4. State Things Flower: Cherokee Rose Bird: Brown Thrasher Amphibian: Green Tree Frog Insect: Honeybee Reptile: Gopher Tortoise Fish: Largemouth Bass
- 5. Natural Resources Include oil,clays, marble, coal, iron ore, copper, manganese.
- 6. Atlanta * Atlanta * Established1847. * Falcons, Bulldogs, Braves, Hawks, Dream, and Thrashers * Atlanta Flames. (Ice Hockey) * Coca Cola. Invented 1886, by Dr. John Pemberton * First bottle of coca cola * known for peaches "Coca-Cola and peaches. YUM!!!!!!!"
- 7. Geographic Locations * 300 miles long and 230 miles wide. * Longitude: 81° to 85° Latitude: 30° N to 35° * Bordered by Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina Atlantic Ocean, Alabama * 59,441 square miles, 24th largest
- 8. Geographical size * Ranked23rd in size. (58,390) * 57,000 bigger than Rhode Island Alaska is 529,488 bigger than Georgia.
- 9. State Flag * 13 stars. 2 red and 1 white stripe. * three pillars supporting an arch * represent government; legislative, judicial,
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- 11. Famous people/State Motto TheFamous people in Georgia are: President James Carter, Lawrence Fishburne, Hulk Hogan The State Motto is: Wisdom, justice, and moderation
- 12. Population *9,815,210 - Jul2011 (Georgia) *311,591,917 - Jul 2011 (USA) * Ranked 9th in USA's population and 24th in size.
- 13. Major Industries/services * Egg,beef, cattle, hogs and milk * Leads country's peanuts and pecans * Sweet Potatoes (most important)
- 14. Tourist Attractions * Ashburnlargest peanut * Chicken *Jimmy Carters Peanut * 2nd largest Chicken * Voted best Chicken Nuggets
- 15. Climate • The climate is humid subtropical climate with mild winters and hot summers • Winter in Georgia is characterized by mild temperatures and little snowfall • Summer days have been known to exceed 90 °F
- 16. Cities and Colleges Cities: Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus Colleges: The Art Institutes, University of Phoenix, ITT Tech
- 17. Current Events • A young Georgia woman is fighting a flesh- eating bacteria • It was necrotizing fasciitis caused by the flesh- devouring bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila • She got it when she was riding a makeshift zip line across the Little Tallapoosa River, about 50 miles west of Atlanta • The line snapped, and she fell and got a gash in her left calf that took 22 staples to close
- 19. Conclusion • Georgia is ranked 9th in the USA's population • 24th in size • They have the largest peanut • And the second largest chicken • It has a warm summers and mild winters
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