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President of the US that is from Tennessee
James K. Polk
What two time zones are in Tennessee?
Eastern and Central
Nickname of Tennessee
Volunteer State
What are the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee?
East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, West Tennessee
The wearing a way of the surface of the Earth by wind or water
What provides most of the drainage for the state?
Mississippi River
An area that drains into a river system
Watershed
What is Tennessee's most important resource?
soil
Those who study the origin, history, and structure of the earth
geologists
What are the 6 natural regions of Tennessee?
Unaka Mountains Region, East Tennessee Valley and Ridge Region, Cumberland Plateau Region, Central Basin Region, West Tennessee Plains Region
The greatest mountain system east of the Mississippi River
Appalachians
Name the only natural lake in Tennessee.
Reelfoot Lake
One of the first female astronauts
Rhea Seddon
What creates the western border of Tennessee?
Mississippi River
The highest point in the state
Clingman's Dome
What 8 States border Tennessee?
Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri
The capital of Tennessee
Nashville
What word describes Tennessee's climate?
Chickasaw chief who fell in love with a Choctaw princess
Reelfoot
In what production does Tennessee rank first in the nation?
zinc
Grassy, treeless mountain summits
balds
How does a manmade lake help an area?
preserves wildlife, conserves the land around it, the dam to create the lake provides electricity
Steep slopes or cliffs
escarpments
Creator of the Cherokee alphabet
Sequoyah
What measures the distance north or south of the equator?
latitude
People who move into a new country to settle there
immigrants
What is a fact about each of the 6 regions of the state?
Students answers will vary
The "father of the blues"
W. C. Handy