Vocabulary
What is land formed by soil the river deposits as it flows into the sea?
Delta
How do tributaries affect the size of the Mississippi River?
Make the river deeper and wider.
What is the business of agriculture
Farming and raising livestock
What are the dangers of working in a coal mine?
Explosions, Cave-ins, and lung disease
How do tributaries affect the size of the Mississippi River?
They make is wider and deeper.
What is very fine dirt?
Silt
What is the source of the Mississippi River?
Lake Itasca, MN
What is a growing season?
The amount of days in a year when weather is warm enough to grow crops.
How did the Hopi use coal?
To bake their pottery.
Name the capital and abbreviation of Tennessee.
What is a person on vacation?
Tourist
What is the longest river in North America?
Mississippi River
What is the use of ditches, pipes, and canals to bring water to fields?
Irrigation
What is a labor union?
Group of workers who try to get better working conditions.
How does silt change a river?
Changes the shape, islands, sandbars, and riverbends
What is coal?
Black or brown mineral found in the ground
Where is the mouth of the Mississippi River?
New Orleans, LA
Name two cash crops grown in the Southeast.
Peanuts, oranges, peaches, tomatoes, rice, beans, cotton, tobacco, or watermelon
How did trains help the coal industry?
Trains transported coal around the country; this increased the demand for coal.
Baton Rouge is the capital of which state?
Lousiana
What is a small river that flows into a larger river?
Tributary
Name three ways that we use the Mississippi River.
Recreation, Irrigation, Transportation
What is a cash crop?
Crops that are grown to be sold.
Kentucky and West Virginia
Two states who mine the most coal in the Southeast region.
Place where ships load and unload cargo or people
A Port