Human Impact on Environment
Regional Info
Famous People
Economy and Industry
Fast Facts
100
When someone removes a mountaintop and in West Virginia they dig for coal
What is mountaintop removal?
100
It is called the Salamander, Cheat Mountain
What is one endangered animal species in the Southeast region?
100
A person who was a TV and movie actor
Who is Don Knotts?
100
One of West Virginia's industry
What is aero space?
100
One of West Virginia's nickname
What is the Mountain state
200
You can't see the niceness of the mountain anymore
What is bad about mountaintop removal?
200
They are 4 of the 13 original states in the Southeastern region
What is unique about Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia?
200
She wrote a lot of books and won Nobel Prize in Literature for the book named "The Good Earth"
Who is Pearl S. Buck?
200
When people come to visit the state or place
What is tourism?
200
One of West Virginia's state song
What is West Virginia My Home?
300
It is because West Virginia is mostley mountains so the U.S. government decieded to give West Virgnia the land so the people in West Virginia would have food in the state.
Why does West Virginia have a eastern panhandle?
300
Georgia is the largest state in the Southeast region but Florida has the largest population
What is different about Georgia and Florida?
300
The first person to break the sound barrier with a plane called the Bell X-1
Who is Chuck Yeager?
300
When West Virginia or other places use cameras and actors
What is film?
300
West Virginia's state capital
What is Charleston?
400
The effects were that when 525 million gallons of wet coal ash spilled into the Tennessee river it got into the water supply for Chattanooga and for millions of people living downstream of the Tennessee river. Later tests found a lot of lead and thallium in the water supply wich can cause birth defects.
What happened to the Tennessee river and what effects did it have on Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and other places downstream?
400
They are Georgia, and Alabama
What states do Florida border?
400
He argued more cases to the Supreme Court than any other attorney in history
Who is John W. Davis?
400
Stuff that most electrical companies burn to make our electricity
What is coal?
400
The state motto
What is Mountaineers Are Always Free?
500
Coal slurry is coal mixed with water so that the people handling it will have a much easier time.
What is coal slurry?
500
It is in North Georgia and has a picture of people riding horses on it
What is the largest granite sculpture carved on a mountain?
500
He won a silver and gold medal in the Olympics and holds the outdoor and indoor distance world record for shot put
Who is Randy Barnes?
500
The use of living organisms by humans
What is biotechnology?
500
In the summer it is cold and in the winters it is cool-cold.
What is West Virginia like in the summer and in the winter?
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