Northeast
Which state is known for their large industry of lobsters?
Maine
Is Arkansas a part of the Southeast region?
YES!
What are mostly flat and grassy? They are between the Rocky mountains and Mississippi River
Great Plains
What river created the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
The imaginary map line that goes East to West (so think left to right) is called?
Latitude
(Think Flat-i-tude)
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Give women the right to vote!
What do people build to protect against flooding?
Build levees
What city is known as where the auto industry started?
Detroit
Which state produces hydroelectric power?
Arizona
The growth of California's 1st boomtown was because....
Gold rushes!
Dr. Martine Luther King gave a very famous speech in what city?
Washington D.C.
What type of source tells you about the past, but was told by someone who was not there at the time?
Secondary source!
Primary source = A person who was there
Nomad
What state was the 28th state of the U.S.A.
Texas
What state was once a Kingdom that was ruled by different kings and queens?
Hawaii
(132 years ago)
(became a state in 1959)
What is an immigrant?
A person who moves to a new country to live.
What was the name of the school that 9 African American students tried to attend but were stopped by a mob of angry people & AR National Guard soldiers?
Central High School!
The president sent more National Guard soldiers to protect the students so they could get to class.
Longest river in North America
Missouri
What year did the Indian Removal act happen?
1830
No. Pearl Harbor attack was in 1941
It became a state in 1959
A fruit in the Northeast that grows in bogs are called?
Cranberries
Slavery was all over the Southwest.
What did President Lincoln issue that meant "being set free form control by another person"?
Emancipation Proclamation
Why do farmers practice crop rotation?
Avoid using all of the nutrients in the soil
Water that is recycled used for outdoor watering and the government pay actually give you a tax break is?
Gray water
What can you find many of in the West?
They are hot and can shoot up very hot substances
Volcanoes