Earth & Water
What is the one-word name for a low-lying area soaked with water, like a swamp or marsh?
A wetland
What was the name of the explorer who found a path through the Appalachian Mountains?
Daniel Boone
Who created the first written Native American alphabet for the Cherokee?
Sequoya
What is a large farm that grows "cash crops" like tobacco or cotton?
A plantation
What is a boycott?
Refusing to buy or do something as a way to protest
Why is the climate of the Southeast so helpful for people who grow crops like cotton or citrus?
It is warm and has a long growing season
What was the name of the trail Daniel Boone found that helped settlers move west?
The Cumberland Gap
Early Native Americans made their clothing and shoes out of what material?
Animal Skins
What does it mean when a state "secedes" from the United States?
It breaks away or leaves
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped organize a boycott of the bus system in which city?
Montgomery, Alabama
Most major cities in the Southeast, like New Orleans or Savannah, grew up next to what physical feature?
Rivers or the Ocean (waterways)
Give one reason why families wanted to move west to places like Kentucky and Tennessee.
More room for families, land for farming, or looking for gold/silver
What 1830 law forced Native Americans to leave their homes and move to Oklahoma?
The Indian Removal Act
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the South?
It caused a need for more enslaved Africans to work on cotton plantations
What modern industry has made Atlanta, Georgia a major city today?
Media/Television/Film production
Which landform has higher elevations and sits between the coastal plains and the Appalachian Mountains?
The Piedmont
True or False: Native Americans primarily used nearby waterways to hide from other groups.
False (They used them for trade)
What was the difficult and sad journey called that Native Americans took to move west?
The Trail of Tears
After the Civil War, what was a "sharecropper"?
A person who farms land but pays the owner back with a portion of the crops
What is the name of the law that ensures emergency plans include a way to rescue pets during a disaster?
The PETS Act
Why does the Southeast experience more hurricanes than other regions in the United States?
Because of its long coastlines along the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
What caused Virginia to join the American Revolution against Britain?
Britain issued taxes and passed laws that were harmful to Virginia
How many Cherokee people were rounded up by federal soldiers to be marched to Oklahoma in 1838?
about 16,000
Who was the enslaved person who led a famous slave rebellion in Virginia?
Nat Turner
What is the "Research Triangle" in North Carolina famous for?
Technology, science, and medicine research