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southeast
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the 12 states of the southeast? | Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. |
| land formed by the soil that a river deposits as it flows into a larger body of water. | Delta. |
| any river that flows into a larger river. | tributary |
| a mineral found under Earth's surface that is burned as fuel | coal |
| the business of growing crops and raising animals | agriculture |
| a person traveling on vacation | tourist |
| how is coal formed? | plants in swamps die and they sink to the bottom and form peat layers of sediments pressing down on the peat making a thinner layer of peat then sediments=rock puts more pressure on the peat and heats it, turning it into coal. |
| why 1700s rivers were the fastest way to travel? | because highways were not build in the 1700s |
| in the middle of 1800 what were steamboats and barges loaded with? | with grain, rice, and furs. |
| what does source mean? | it means a starting point. |
| what does mouth mean? | it means went a river empties into an ocean or other large body of water. |
| what is the source of Mississippi? | lake Itasca in Minnesota. |
| where does the Mississippi river empties to? | it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. |
| what is a port? | a port is where ships load and unload goods. |
| what are two important wetlands? | Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and the Florida Everglades. |
| what is the climate of the southeast? | it is worm. |
| what is a map scale? | a map scale help you find real distance on earth. |
| what is a small map scale? | a map that shows few details in a large areas |
| what is a large map scale? | a map that shows a lot of details in a smaller areas |
| what are some tributaries of the Mississippi river? | Ohio river, Tennessee river, Missouri |
| what is a growing season? | it means the number of days the weather is worm enough for crops to grow |
| what are some reasons why sometimes crops die? | because there might be a early cold winter or there was not a lot of water to give to the crops |
| what are some crops that grow in the southeast? | wheat, cotton, oranges, peaches, tomatoes, rice, beans, peanuts, onions, soybeans, sweet potatoes, tobacco, and sugarcanes. |
| what is a cash crops? | it is crop sold for money. |
| what is an irrigation? | it means ditches or pipes that bring water to fields. |
| what is a tourist? | it means people on vacation. |
| what are some places tourist can visit? | Disney world, beaches, camp in national parks, and play sports. |
| what are some natural resources lesson three? | pine trees, coal. |
| why would young children work in coals mines? | because they were the smallest people who can fit in the whole that leads under ground. |
| what is a labor union? | it means a group of worker who try to get better working conditions and to get pay better. |
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