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Florida
Vocabulary
State Capitals
Near the Gulf
Other important info
100
The vast area of swamp, savanna, and forest in the southern tip of Florida.
What is Everglades National Park
100
A storm with heavy rains and high winds that develops over the ocean
What is a hurricane
100
West Virginia
What is Charleston
100
Many people that live near the Gulf coast are oil workers. What is another name for oil
What is petroleum
100
Coal from Appalachia is used to produce
What is electricity
200
The Florida Everglades have over 300 different kinds of this species
What are birds
200
A low area of land that is covered by water at least part of the year
What is a swamp
200
South Carolina
What is Columbia
200
In this town near the Gulf of Mexico, you can listen to Dixieland Jazz and eat Cajun food.
What is New Orleans
200
The civil rights movement began as a protest against
What is segregation
300
The Sunbelt starts in Florida and ends in California, people in the sunbelt, enjoy what type of climate all year
What is a mild, sunny climate
300
A flat grassland
What is a savanna
300
Arkansas
What is Little Rock
300
Cotton was grown on large farms in the south called
What are plantations
300
The African American quilters we read about in the Reading Further section were from what town
What is Gee's Bend
400
At this stop in Florida, we were able to see a space shuttle launch into space
What is John F. Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral, Florida)
400
A triangle shaped area of land
What is a delta
400
Louisiana
What is Baton Rouge
400
Europeans that first settled in New Orleans came from which country
What is France
400
A strip mine is found near a mountain, what is a strip mine?
What is a place where minerals are scraped from the ground
500
What was the name of the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida
What is Andrew
500
A stream that flows through a swamp
What is a bayou
500
Mississippi
What is Jackson
500
What is the name of the most famous jazz musician of all time
What is Louis Armstrong
500
A quilt with different shapes and patterns is called ...
What is abstract