Georgia

Geography:

What states, country, or bodies of water border it? Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Atlantic Ocean

What is the state capital? Atlanta

What are some major cities?Atlanta

What is the area (in square miles) of your state?57,906 square miles

What is the highest point and how high is it?Brasstown Bald;4,784

What is the lowest point and how low is it?Atlantic Ocean;Sea level

History:

Tell when it became a state and what number state it is. January 2, 1788 - 4th state

How did the state get its name?From King George the second.

Tell about a historic figure from this state.Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-68: Baptist minister, civil rights leader; born in Atlanta, Ga. Grandson and son of Baptist ministers (in 1935 his father changed both their names to Martin to honor the German Protestant), young Martin graduated from Morehouse College (Ga.) (1948) and Crozer Theological Seminary (1951) and then took a Ph.D. from Boston University (1955), where he also met his future (1957) wife, Coretta Scott, with whom he had four children. Ordained a minister in 1947 at his father's Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, he became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., in 1953. Relatively untested when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a bus in December 1955, he led the boycott of Montgomery's segregated busses for over a year (eventually resulting in the Supreme Court decision outlawing discrimination in public transportation). In 1957 he was chosen president of the newly formed Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and he began to broaden his active role in the civil rights struggle while advocating his nonviolent approach to achieving results; he would base his approach on the ideas of Henry David Thoreau and Mohandas Gandhi as well on Christian teachings.

Civics:

Who is the governor? Sonny Perdue

Who is the lieutenant governor? Casey Cagle

Georgia Statehouse

Who are the U.S. senators from this state? Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson

How many U.S. House of Representatives members are from this state? 13

State Flag: 

Economics:

List resources mined in the state:clay,Crushed stone

List crops grown in the state:peanuts

Climate:

What is the average high January temperature of the state capital?50°F

What is the average high July temperature of the state capital?88°F

What is the average low January temperature of the state capital?31°F

What is the average low July temperature of the state capital?68°F

What is the average precipitation for January of the state capital?4.8in

What is the average precipitation for July of the state capital?5.0in

Population:

What is the population of the state (year 2000 or later) 9,544,750           

Symbols:

State bird: Brown Thrasher{1970}

State flower:Cherokee Rose{1916}

State tree:oak{1937}

State song:Georgia on My Mind

State nickname:Peach state,and Goober state,and Empire state

Other- State fossil:Shark tooth

Recreation:

Other:

What other interesting things did you learn about this state?

 That Martin Luther King,Jr lived in Georgia.

Bibliography (Where did you find your information?):

Georgia Facts and Symbols by Emily McAuliffe

 Fact Monster

 us weather

 Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=2572eef9076c03b7b8c6 .4/29/08.

Oaks, Linda. georgiastatehouse.jpg. 2007. Pics4Learning. 29 Apr 2008 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>

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