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100
The ______________________ River divides the US into two main regions.
Mississippi
100
Native Americans are indigenous to North America. What does this mean?
Native Americans were the first people to live and occur naturally North America.
100
What forever changed the lives of Native Americans in North America?
The arrival of Europeans.
100
Which federal agency provides aid to people affected by natural disaster?
FEMA
100
This river forms a border for some states such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Ohio River
200
The __________________________ Mountains stretch from Alabama to Canada.
Appalachian
200
Where did English colonists settle when they first came to North America? Name at least one of their settlements.
English colonists settled along the Atlantic Coast. Jamestown and Plymouth.
200
Where did trade between the United States and other countries begin?
port cities
200
What can the President do to protect the environment?
Set aside land for national parks.
200
This river has water flowing into it from the Great Lakes. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It contains locks and canals to make travel possible between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic.
What is St. Lawrence Seaway.
300
This stretches from the northeastern United States to Mexico.
Atlantic Coastal Plain
300
How did the population in the colonies change from the mid 1600's to the mid-1700's?
52,000 colonists lived in the colonies in the mid-1600's and grew to 1.7 million by the mid-1700's.
300
Many factories in the northeast and mid-west regions closed thirty to forty years ago. This was due to more businesses relocating overseas. What did this area become known as?
The "Rust Belt"
300
How has the government helped the environment? How has it hurt it?
(Teacher accepts reasonable answers.)
300
This body of water extends from Florida, Texas, and Mexico. Its waters are warmer and generally calmer than the Atlantic Ocean.
Gulf of Mexico.
400
Into which river do the Great Lakes flow?
St. Lawrence River
400
Explain the Great Migration
African Americans endured segregation in the South after the Civil War and were denied Civil Rights. Millions moved from the rural south to the north for a better life.
400
Many African Americans left the South at the beginning of the 20th century (1900's) and they continued to leave through the 1950's. Why did they leave and what was this called?
African Americans left for a better life as they were denied their civil rights and jobs in the South were low-paying. Great Migration.
400
Name the three branches of government.
Legislative, executive, judicial
400
This area stretches from the northeastern US to Mexico and is a flat lowland. What is it called? Name at least five states that would be a part of this.
Atlantic Coastal Plain. Teacher accepts 5 (correct) states.
500
Name the Dutch colonial port city that would become New York City.
New Amsterdam
500
Contrast the Native Americans surviving in North America to the colonists who first settled in North America.
Native Americans knew how to use the land to meet their needs. It was very hard living for the colonists at first. Eventually they would learn to use natural resources to meet their needs.
500
Contrast how the environment shaped the lives of Native Americans and the early colonists.
Native Americans used natural resources to meet their daily needs with minimal impact on the environment. Early colonists had a very hard time meeting their needs.
500
What was the purpose of Superfund?
Clean up hazardous waste sites.
500
Name the four sub-regions of land east of the Mississippi River in the United States. Which one do we live in? Name the sub-region where these cities are located: New Orleans, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, New York City, Philadelphia.
New England, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast; Mid-Atlantic