SS BM 2 Review 09 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The U.S. _____ goods to other countries from its ports. | Exports |
A level or rolling land that is covered mostly by grass and flowers | Prairie |
SmartBoards, video-gaming and the internet are all parts of what industry? | High-Tech |
A trading center where ships are loaded and unloaded. | New Orleans |
What changed the Midwest by providing an easier way to transport goods, allowed faster transportation, and increased the size of towns. | Railroads |
What forms an important water transportation route from North America to the Gulf of Mexico? | Mississippi River |
Has strong winds, heavy rainfall and is located near the coast. | Hurricane |
The Interior Plains are made up of what two Plains? | Central Plains and Great Plains |
Who said that slavery should not be allowed in any new state that joined the United States? | Abraham Lincoln |
What process gives citizens the power to elect their government leaders? | Voting |
Kentucky and West Virginia mine more ____ than any other state in the United States. | Coal |
What allowed slavery in the new states formed in the South, but would not allow slavery in the states formed in the North? | Missouri Compromise |
The nation's capital (in which many citizens of Maryland and Virginia work). | Washington, D.C. |
Settlers crossed the Appalachian Mountains through openings between the mountains called: | Passes |
These cover a large area in the eastern and southeastern part of the United States. | Appalachian Mountains |
The North and South had different economies because: | The North was based on factories and the South was based in agriculture. |
The shift of people to cities from rural areas. | Urbanization |
This has its mouth at New Orleans and provided a means of trading and transportation for settlers. | Mississippi River |
This state is a peninsula. | Florida |
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