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Where is the money capital of America?
New York City
St. Louis
A region in which cities and suburbs are so close that they form one big urban area.
megalopolis
Washington, D.C. is located
(a) between Maryland and Virginia
(b) in Georgia
(a) between Maryland and Virginia
Settler's first came to the West because of the area's
(a) natural resources
(b) sources of energy
(c) cities
(a) natural resources
To travel to work each day.
commute
The first miners of the Gold Rush.
forty-niners
The South is part of the ________?
the Sun Belt
Features that make much of the South a great place for growing crops include
(a) ports and industry
(b) rich soil and climate
(b) rich soil and climate
Atlanta is one of the slowest-growing regions of the US: the Northeast.
True or False
False; Atlanta is in the Southeast
A downturn in business activity.
recession
mass transit
Which region of the US is the most densely populated?
(a) the South
(b) the Midwest
(c) the Northeast
(c) the Northeast
In Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, companies drill for
(a) water
(b) gold
(c) oil and natural gas
(c) oil and natural gas
The California Gold Rush caused the population to increase quickly.
True or False
True
The average number of people per square mile in a region.
Population density
Several kinds of crops grown on a farm.
mixed-crop farm
From the 1890s to the 1940s, most immigrants entering the US arrived at?
(a) Ellis Island
(b) port cities in the South
(a) Ellis Island
The economic centers of the Northeast are the regions.
(a) cities
(b) forests
(a) cities
Over the last 50 years, the South has changed from an agricultural (farming) economy to
(a) mining economy
(b) a forestry economy
(c) an industry economy