STATES
LAND AND WATER
PLACES
CULTURE and GOVERNMENT
PRODUCTS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
100
How many states are in the Southeast Region?
Twelve (12)
100
People can see over 300 types of _______________ in the Everglades National Park.
birds
100
Rockets are launched into space at this Florida location.
Cape Canaveral
or
Kennedy Space Center
100
Before they settled in Louisiana, the people known as "Cajuns," had been French colonists in what country?
Canada
100
This product, used to make clothing, was grown on large plantations in the southeast.
cotton
200
Name this state:
Georgia
200
This river forms the border of several states of the southeast region and empties into the Gulf of Mexico after New Orleans.
The Mississippi River
200
This area is low, flat land that is covered by water for at least part of the year.
swamp
200
States that enjoy a sunny and warm year-round climate are called what?
The Sunbelt states
200
This natural resource is found deep under the sea floor.
petroleum
300
Name this state:
Arkansas
300
These mountains stretch from Northern Georgia, through the southeast, and pass into the northeast region.
Appalachian Mountains
300
The colonists at Jamestown, Virginia, faced many dangers... name one of them.
Disease-carrying mosquitos
Malaria
hunger
swampy land
300
What state capital city is where we would find The Civil Rights Memorial?
Montgomery, Alabama
300
Petroleum, from the Gulf of Mexico, is used to produce this liquid, which powers most of the cars on our roads.
gasoline
400
Name the state:
West Virginia
400
This waterway is a slow moving stream that passes through a swamp.
bayou
400
This musical style was inspired by the songs sometimes sung by enslaved people, about their difficult lives.
Delta Blues
400
The Civil War, which ended in 1865, brought an end to the practice of ____________________ in the United States.
slavery
400
This mineral, found deep under the Appalachian mountains, is removed from the mine using large machines.
coal
500
Name the state:
New Hampshire
(Yes, there will be Northeast States on the test!)
500
This is a triangle-shaped area of land at the end of a river.
delta
500
The Civil Rights Memorial, in Montgomery, Alabama, remembers the people who did what?
Died while trying to end segregation.
OR
Died while trying to register people to vote.
500
Protests and boycotts in the 1960s were part of the American Civil Rights movement, which stopped this practice of separating people because of race, religion, or gender.
segregation
500
Coal that is removed from Appalachian mines is used to produce what resource that we use every day?
electricity