What was the capital of Virgina in 1774? Why is it not the capital anymore?
What is Williamsburg? It is not the capital anymore because it is now living museum and remains the same as it was in 1774.
100
How many states are in the North Central Region?
There are 12 states.
100
What is the geography like in the North Central Region? What is the land from the makes up most of the North Central Region?
It is flat. The landform is called the Central Plains.
200
What ocean is the Southeast region mostly touching? What gulf is it touching?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
200
What important resource does the coastal planes provide along the Southeast Region?
What is fertile soil?
200
What are special about the streets in Williamsburg? how wide is the main street?
All the streets are straight in Williamsburg and the main street is 100 feet wide.
200
What is a way to go to someplace called?
What are the four forms of transportation?
Route
1)Airplanes fly between cities
2)Ships go on lakes and rivers
3)Cars and Trucks drive on highways
4)Trains travel railroads
200
How are the Central Plains and Great Plains different?
The Great Plains are not as flat, it doesn't rain as much there and they raise cattle instead of farming.
300
How many many states are in the Southeast Region.
There are twelve states.
300
What is the second longest river in the United States?
What is the Mississippi River?
300
How many people live in the Southeast Region? Is it more crowded in the Southeast than the Northeast?
There are 70 million people living in the Southeast and it is less crowded than the north.
300
What are prairies?
They were great areas of grass now used to grow wheat and corn.
300
What are the lakes called in the North Central Region?
The Great lakes.
400
What is the example given in the book, of bad weather that effects the Southeast region? Where does this bad weather start? What was the worse one to ever his the Southeast Region?
What is a hurricane? They start over large bodies of water and Hurrican Katrina was the worse hurrican to hit the Southeast coast ever.
400
Where does the Mississipi river begin and end?
It Starts in Minnesota and flows into the Gulf of Mexico
400
What are and where is the largest port city in the Southeast Region?
New Orleans, Louisiana is the busiest port city and it is located on the Mississippi river.
400
What are waterways built by people called?
What is a canal?
400
What is the fifth lake called? What country is it in?
Lake Ontario and it's in Canada.
500
What is a land called that is always wet? What is the most famous example of a place like this in the Southeast Region? What state is it in?
What is a swamp? The Everglades are in the state of Florida.
500
Why is the Missippi River an important resource?
The Mississippi River is a form of transportation for products like oil, coal, cotton and many others, and the flooding that happens to the river provides fertile land for growing crops.
500
What is the most important resource in the Southeast Region? What were cotten farms called? What are three important crops today?
Important resource: Fertile land
Cotten farms were called plantations
Some important crops today are oranges, peanuts, and rice.
500
What are the four great lakes called?
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake
Erie
and Lake Superior