Landforms
Bodies of Water
Vocabulary
Odds and Ends
History
100
A low area of land that is covered by water at least part of the year.
What is a swamp?
100
One of the earth's 4 largest bodies of water.
What is an ocean?
100
A social scientist interested in landforms, climate, natural resources and map.
What is a geographer?
100
The rolling hills at the foot of the mountains.
What is the Piedmont region.
100
The French Quarter.
What is the oldest neighborhood in New Orleans called?
200
A triangle shpaed area of land at the end of a river.
What is a delta?
200
A large stream of water that flows across the land and usually empties into a lake, ocean, or other river.
What is a river?
200
The business of growing crops and raising animals.
What is agriculture?
200
An imaginary line, marked by rapids and waterfalls, where rivers start to drop from higher land to lower land.
What is the fall line?
200
States that enjoy a mild year-round climate are located where.
What is the sunbelt?
300
A large farm, usually worked by many laborers.
What is a plantation?
300
The place where a river empties into another body of water.
What is the mouth?
300
A natural resource.
What is a resource supplied by nature?
300
A storm with heavy rains and high winds.
What is a hurricane?
300
Jamestown
What was England's first American Colony?
400
A peninsula.
What is a body of land nearly surrounded by water?
400
A tributary.
What is a small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream?
400
A thick, black, oily liquid found underground.
What is petroleum?
400
A mineral.
What is a natural material found in rock.
400
Memphis
What city is know as the home of the blues?
500
The low, flat land along a river that may be underwater during a flood.
What is a flood plain?
500
A stream that flows through a swamp.
What is a bayou?
500
Deep enough and wide enough for ships to use.
What is navigable?
500
Fertile soil, forests, water, and minerals.
What are the four main natural resources?
500
The separation of peole because of race, religion, or gender.
What is segretation?
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