Physical Features
A place where a river meets the ocean and mixes freshwater and saltwater.
What is an estuary?
True or False. The Southeast region has this type of climate with hot summers and mild winters.
What is True?
How many states are in the Southeast region?
What is 12?
This Native American group lived in Georgia and North Carolina.
Who are the Cherokee?
Capital of Georgia.
What is Atlanta?
This large wetland in Florida is filled with slow-moving water and wildlife.
What is the Everglades?
These powerful storms often affect the Southeast in late summer and fall.
What are hurricanes?
Name one Southeast state.
(Any correct answer: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina)
This tribe lived in Mississippi and Alabama.
Who are the Choctaw?
Capital of Florida.
What is Tallahassee?
This mountain range runs through parts of the Southeast.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
The Southeast gets a lot of this type of weather year-round.
What is rainfall/precipitation?
This Southeast state is the largest by land area.
What is Florida?
This group was forced to move west on the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee?
Capital of North Carolina
What is Raleigh?
Warm, flat land along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Coastal Plain?
Winters in the Southeast are usually this compared to the Northeast.
What is milder/warmer?
This state is known as the “Sunshine State.”
What is Florida?
These Native Americans lived in Florida and fought to keep their land.
Who are the Seminole?
Nashville is the capital of what state?
What is Tennessee?
This major river flows through several Southeast states and is important for trade.
What is the Mississippi River?
This type of climate helps crops like cotton, peanuts, and oranges grow well.
What is a warm, wet climate?
This state borders the Gulf of Mexico and is famous for Mardi Gras.
What is Louisiana?
Name one more Southeast Native American group besides the Cherokee or the Seminole.
Who are the (Creek or Chickasaw, or Choctaw)?
This Capital's name means Red Stick.
What is Baton Rouge?