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SS_Chapt_6
4th grade Chapter 6 SS Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe the geography of the Florida Everglades. | Has marshes and swamps (wetlands), it covers more than 1 million acres. |
| What is a piedmont? | An area of high land at the foot of a mountain. |
| What kind of climate does the Southeast region have? | Mild, warm, sunny, also rainy. |
| What are fertilizers? | Material added to soil to make it more fertile. |
| In the 1500s, which Native American tribe lived in the Appalachian Mountains? | Cherokee |
| How did Americans in the Southeast use natural resources? | Rivers and lakes used for food, water, and transportation. Wood from trees for homes, canoes, and tools. Soil for growing crops. |
| What is a wet land? | An area of lowland partly covered with slow moving or still water. |
| Jamestown was established in the seventeenth century. What year was it founded? | 1607 |
| What was the Wilderness Road? What year was it open? Why was it important? | It was the path through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains. It was open in 1775. It was important because settlers could cross the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Who helped clear a path through the Cumberland Gap? | Daniel Boone |
| What were most plantations in the Southeast used for? | To grow cash crops like cotton. |
| In 1820, what compromise kept the balance between free states and slave states? | Missouri Compromise. |
| What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise? | To even out free and slave states and allowed slavery in new states formed in the south and did not allow slavery in new northern states. |
| Who planned and negotiated the Missouri Compromise? | Henry Clay |
| Who was elected president in 1860? What did he say about slavery? | Abraham Lincoln. He said that slavery should not be allowed in any new states that join the Union. |
| On April 12, 1861, what war began? | Civil War |
| What two sides were fighting in this war? | North (Union) vs. South (Confederacy |
| Who was the leader of the Confederate army that surrendered to the Union? | Robert E Lee |
| Who was the leader of the Union army? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Who developed the Cherokee writing system? | Sequoyah |
| Who was an important leader in the Civil Rights movement? | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Which city grew around a port along the Gulf coast? | New Orleans |
| What are raw materials? Name two examples. | Natural resources used to make products. ex. minerals, crops. |
| What is international trade? | Trade among different countries. |
| What is import? | A product brought into a country from a different country to be sold. |
| What is export? | Products shipped from one country to another country to be sold. |
| Describe shipping in the past. | Workers unload products and carried it all to a truck. It was expensive. |
| Describe shipping today. | Products shipped in containers, cranes lift containers. It is less expensive. |
| What is segregation? | Setting one group apart |
| What is prejudice? | Hatred or unfair treatment of a particular group. |
| What is intimidation? | The use of threats to force someone to do something. |
| What is humiliation? | A feeling of shame or foolishness |
| What is hostility? | Unfriendliness, or hatred. |
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Mrs.Knittel
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