Mid-Atlantic Region
The industries of the Mid-Atlantic (what people do for a living)
What are government, tourism, fishing and industry?
Having many people living in a small area.
What is densely populated?
The landforms of the South.
What are mountains, rivers, valleys, sandy beaches and everglades?
The state known as the "Sunshine State".
What is Florida?
Name of the boats that traveled up and down the Mississippi River in the 1800's.
What are paddlewheelers?
The first skyscrapers were not built in New York City. They were built in this city/state.
What is Chicago, Illinois?
The climate of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
What is similar to New England but the summers are hotter and the winters are colder?
A person from one country who moves to another country to live.
What is an immigrant?
These cities in the South are known for their music.
What are Nashville and Memphis Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana?
The different kinds of landforms, waterways, or physical characteristics in a region
What are geographical features?
The tallest monument in the United States and where is it?
What is the Gateway Arch? What is St. Louis Missouri?
This "windy city" is the 3rd largest city in America.
What is Chicago, Illinois?
This was a gift from France and stands in the New York Harbor
What is the Statue of Libery?
A part of a sea or an ocean that extends into land
What is a bay?
Name two crops grown in the South
What are cotton and tobacco?
A piece of land that is protected by the federal government because of its natural beauty or historical importance
What is a National Park?
Crops grown in Iowa and Illinois.
What are soybeans and corn?
Relating to milk or milk products
What is dairy?
5 Boroughs of New York City
What are Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten island?
The lawmaking (legislative) branch of the American government that is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is Congress?
Climate of the South and how is it different from the climate of Northern States. how it affects farming.
What is, t is much hotter, especially in the summer. The difference in climate means that Southern farms grow different crops from those grown on northern farms.
A piece of land sticking out into a body of water, so that it is almost surrounded by water
What is peninsula?
Wisconsin is known for this? What is the name tht people use for Wisconsin?
What are milk, cheese and other dairy products? What is America's Dairyland?
The Northern part of the Midwest has five "Great Lakes". Name them.
What are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario?
The most populated city In America.
What is New York City?
The only district (not a state) in America. (OUR NATION'S CAPITAL) Why is it not a state?
What is Washington, D.C.? What is that it would have too much power if it were a state?
The South tried to secede from the North and form their own country. ("cede" means to go and "se" means apart or away from). This caused this war.
What is the Civil War?
A warm ocean current that begins in the Gulf of Mexico and travels north along the coast from Florida all the way to Newfoundland in Canada
What is the Gulf Stream?
What people do for a living in the midwest.
What are agriculture, wind energy production, car manufacturing?
The growing of crops and raising of livestock for food and other purposes.
What is agriculture?
The Mid- Atlantic Region consists of this many states and or districts. Name them.
What are 5 states and 1 district? What are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)?
A tree lined park in Washington D.C.. that is surrounded by museums, monuments and government buildings.
What is the National Mall?
The South consists of this many states. Name them.
What are states that make up the South. They are Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The city/State famous for Jazz. The city/state famous for country music. the city/State famous for the blues.
What is New Orleans, Louisiana for Jazz, Nashville, Tennessee for Country and Memphis Tennessee for the Blues?
The midwest has this many states. The names of the states are.
What are 8 states? Missouri, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.
The buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?