Geography & Landmarks
This is the major geographical feature that runs along the eastern United States and is a central focus of this class.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
The number of square miles the Appalachian Region covers.
What is 206,000 square miles?
This is the north-easternmost state listed in the document for the Appalachian Trail.
What is Maine?
This is the nickname of the state of Tennessee.
What is The Volunteer State?
This is the nickname for the musical style that originated in the Appalachian region, blending Irish, Scottish, and African American traditions.
What is bluegrass or folk music?
This is the U.S. state where you would find Cocke County and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is Tennessee?
The total number of counties that are part of the Appalachian Region.
What is 423?
This river is mentioned as a feature that contributes to the smaller rivers and streams of the Appalachian Mountains, and it runs through New York.
What is the Hudson River?
This is the city that serves as Tennessee's state capital.
What is Nashville?
This traditional folk art, made by hand, is a common craft in Appalachian communities and often features intricate patterns.
What is quilting?
These are the two rivers that flow into the Appalachian Mountains but are not the Tennessee River.
What are the Hudson and Ohio Rivers?
The approximate number of residents who live in the region.
What is 26.4 million?
The five subregions of Appalachia that are instructed to be shaded on the map.
What are Northern, North Central, Central, South Central, and Southern?
This is the official state wild animal of Tennessee.
What is a raccoon?
This is a type of storytelling, often passed down through generations, that is a hallmark of Appalachian culture.
What is oral tradition?
This is the southernmost state listed ion the map of the Appalachian Trail.
What is Georgia?
The total number of states that make up the Appalachian Region.
What is the Tennessee River?
This is the official state beverage of Tennessee.
What is milk? (But Mnt Dew & Jack Daniel's are honorary state drinks.)
This medicinal plant is a historically important part of Appalachian herbal remedies and is harvested for its roots.
What is ginseng?
This is the only U.S. state that is entirely contained within the Appalachian Mountains.
What is West Virginia?
The combined number of federally and state-recognized Native American tribal communities located in the region.
What are three federally recognized and five state-recognized?
These are the two states listed in the document that are at the southern end of the Appalachian Region but are not a part of the Appalachian Trail itself.
What are Alabama and Mississippi?
This is the year Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state.
What is 1796?
This was President Lyndon B. Johnson's set of social programs targeting Appalachia and aiming to improve healthcare, education, and job opportunities.
What is the War on Poverty?