Southeast Region
How many states are a part of the Southeast Region?
12
In which state is the Everglades National Park located?
Florida
What year did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans? And why did the city flood?
2015
The levees broke.
What is segregation?
The separation of people based on race, religion, or gender.
Fertile land is good for what?
farming
Name the twelve states that are a part of the Southeast Region.
West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky
What is the climate of the Everglades?
hot, humid, tropical
What is Louisiana's nickname?
The Bayou State.
What is a plantation and who did the work on the plantation?
A large farm
Enslaved Africans
What mineral is found in the Gulf of Mexico? What is another name for that mineral?
oil or petroleum
Which four Southeast states do no have a coastline?
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia
Name three animals that live in the Everglades.
alligators, crocodiles, turtles, snakes, deer, bear, pather, bobcat, otters, birds
New Orleans is the birthplace of what genre of music?
Jazz
The American Civil War lasted for four years. Who were the two sides that fought? What were they fighting for?
Northern states against southern states.
To end or keep slavery.
Appalachia is rich in what mineral? What is one thing that mineral is used for?
Coal
heating homes, producing electricity
Name one port city of Florida?
Miami or Tampa
The Everglades are made up of three distinct habitats. What are they?
swamp, savanna, and forest
Who built the city of New Orleans, Louisiana? What kind of food did they bring with them?
French Colonists
Cajun Food
How many people are honored at the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama? Why are they being honored?
Forty.
They lost their lives during the Civil Rights Movement
Colonists of Jamestown, Virginia finally found success with which crop?
tobacco
Name two national parks that can be found in the Southeast Region.
Everglades National Park, Hot Springs National Park , Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Shenandoah National Park
What are the two major types of natural disasters that affect the Everglades and in which seasons does each occur?
Wildfires in the winter.
Hurricanes in the summer.
Was the response to Hurricane Okeechobee of 1928 just or not? Why?
No, because people of color did not receive the same support that white people received.
The people of Montgomery, Alabama protested segregation during the Civil Rights Movement by doing what? How long did their protest last?
Walking to work and not taking the segregated bus.
A year.
What crop was planted on the Mississippi Delta Land?
Cotton