Vocab
An area where saltwater and freshwater mix.
Estuary
This physical region covers more the 50% of the SE region.
Atlantic Coastal Plain
South of Georgia and Alabama. NASA and Disney are located here
Florida
What are natural resources?
Materials in found in nature
Name the climate in the SE region.
Mild temperate
To vacate; empty or abandon
Evacuate
This physical features runs from Georgia to Maine. We live in part of it.
Appalachian Mountains
This state looks like a boot or a capital L
Louisiana
Corn, rice, tobacco, soybeans, cotton are called _______ ______ .
cash crops
How many states make up the southeast region?
12
The condition of being near
Proximity
This area has very fertile soil for farming and also means "Foot of the Mountains."
Piedmont
This state was once part of another state and broke away during the Civil War.
West Virginia
This place is the largest area where freshwater and saltwater mix in the USA.
Chesapeake Bay
Name the Cherokee silversmith who developed the first written Native American Alphabet. It took him 12 years.
Sequoya
The buying and selling of goods
Commerce
This river starts in New York and runs through PA past our Capital and empties into the Chesapeake Bay.
Susquehanna River
This state starts the Appalachian Mountains and then they run North East to Maine.
Georgia
This water resource is the longest river in the US and empties in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi River
The red flag with a black square in the middle signifies what type of weather is coming.
Hurricane
A refusal to buy or use goods and services.
Boycott
These mountains are located in Tennessee and North Carolina. The clouds over the mountains give it this name.
Smoky Mountains
This state has many letters and is named after the longest river in the USA. (You have to spell it faster than Mr. Clay)
Mississippi
Name 5 natural resources found in the SE region and how they are used.
coal, oil, natural gas, natural stone, clay, sand, forests, water
This area in Florida is one of the largest wetland areas in the world.
Everglades