The border between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain region is known as the fall line. Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between the fall line and early settlement of Georgia?

Question

Native Americans settled along the fall line because of the abundance in wild game that provided them with food to support their growing population.
Europeans did not settle north of the fall line because the rivers were not navigable north of the fall line.
Early population centers developed along the fall line because the rivers provided a means of transporting goods to the coastal ports, and the fast flowing rivers provided a source of power for grist mills
Early settlements developed along the fall line because the railroads connected major cities to the ports

Answer 1

The statement that BEST describes the relationship between the fall line and early settlement of Georgia is:

Early population centers developed along the fall line because the rivers provided a means of transporting goods to the coastal ports, and the fast flowing rivers provided a source of power for grist mills.

This option accurately captures the significance of the fall line as a geographical feature that facilitated trade and industry, making it an important factor in the early settlement patterns in Georgia.