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Slavery
General
100
What is the mountain range that runs through the southeast region?
The Appalachian Mountains
100
What are the two cash crops of Florida?
grapefruit and oranges
100
What is the name of the state that "snowbirds" tend to flock to in the winter?
Florida
100
What is the name of the woman who was one of the main conductors of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
100
What is the natural resource that farmers rely on?
fertile soil
200
What is the major river of the southeast?
The Mississippi River
200
What are two cash crops of Georgia that begin with the letter p?
peanuts and peaches
200
What is the name of the "father of jazz"?
Louis Armstrong
200
What is the name of the continent that slaves were first captured from?
Africa
200
What is the type of music that developed in Appalachia that uses banjos and guitars?
bluegrass music
300
What are two types of wetlands found in the southeast?
marshes and swamps
300
What is the main cash crop of Arkansas?
rice
300
What is the location of the oldest permanent European settlement founded by the Spanish?
St. Augustine, Florida
300
What is the name of the large farms that used slaves to produce cash crops?
plantations
300
What is the name of the city and state at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
New Orleans, Louisiana
400
What are the two types of islands found in the southeast?
barrier islands and coral keys
400
What is the type of mine that uses the top down approach to mining?
mountaintop removal mine
400
What is the name of the state where most presidents of the United States were born?
Virginia
400
What is the name given to people who wanted to end slavery?
abolitionists
400
What are two storm systems that tend to affect the southeast region?
hurricanes and tornadoes
500
What are the two plateaus found in the southeast?
The Ozark Plateau and the Cumberland Plateau
500
What is the name of the state that produces more cloth than any other state?
North Carolina
500
What is the name of the language spoken on the Sea Islands of Georgia?
Gullah
500
What is the name of the war between the north and south that developed because of all the issues surrounding slavery?
The Civil War
500
What is a beignet?
a square doughnut