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Places and Regions
Study Guide
| The Blue Ridge Region has many _______, which are part of the Appalachian Mountains. | Mountains |
| Natural Resources include _______, ______ and ______. | Hardwood Forests, Streams and Waterfalls |
| Smallest of the landform regions. | The Blue Ridge Region |
| Includes the state's highest point,_____ ______. | Sassafrass Mountain |
| The Piedmont Region means ____ __ ___ ________. | Foot of the Mountains |
| Is the ________ of the Blue Ridge mountains and includes rolling hills and many valleys | Foothills |
| Was once a good farming area but poor farming practices led to the erosion of the topsoil; them ___ ____ that was left is _______ _______ ____ _________. | Red Clay, Not good for farming. |
| The crop of ____ is grown in the Piedmont Region. | Peaches |
| Waterfalls and ______ _______ _______ gave the water power needed for the early mills and the ________ industry. | Fast flowing rivers, textile |
| _________ became a major city because of the textile industry. | Greenville |
| Was the _______ in the old times and has foddils of ocean animals. | Seacoast |
| Has flat land with ______ ______ that is not good for growing crops. | Sandy Soil |
| The _____ ______ divides this region in half. This is where a drop in ______ causes river rapids. | Fall line, elevation |
| ________, our state capital is here. | Columbia |
| The Inner Coastal and Outer Coastal Plains make up ______ _______ of South Carolina. | two- thirds |
| ______ _______ _____ ______, a lot of _______ and a ______ _______ _______ is good for ________ (Agriculture). | Well Drained Soil, Rainfall, long growing season, farming. |
| Crops such as ______ and ____ are grown here. | Cotton and Soybeans |
| Includes swamps and many trees. | The Inner Coastal Plain. |
| The ______ industry is important beacuse of the large amounts of trees. | Timbering |
| Swamps have been drained to alllow more farming. | Outer Coastal Plain |
| Landforms include _______, _______ and ________ _________, which are shallow oval bodies of water. | Marshed, Swamps and Carolina Bays |
| The Coastal Zone includes _____ ______ that protect the coast from erosion due to tides and storms. | Barrier Islands |
| Other Coastal Zone landforms include ______, ____ and _______ _________. | Beaches, marshes and sand dunes. |
| In the coastal zone, ______ _______ and rivers helped establish _________. | Natural Harbors, trade |
| Today the _______ industry is important which included historis sites, gold and the beach itself. | Tourism |
| The port of _________ is one of the busiest on the wast coast of the United States. | Charleston |
| _______ _________ is a center for tourism. | Myrtle Beach |