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maggie ch. 6
southeast
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a wetland? | an area of low land that is partly covered by slow moving/still water |
| what are 2 examples of large wetlands in the Southeast region? | Okefenokee Swamp and Everglades |
| what is a piedmont? | an area of high land at the foot of a mountain |
| how do hurricanes affect the Southeast? | they damage buildings and trees and they cause floodings |
| what is fertilizer | materials that are added to soil to make it more fertile |
| which 3 tribes of Native Americans lived in the Southeast and what part did they live in? | 1. powatan- near coast 2. cherokee - appalachians 3.shawnee - west of the mountains |
| who was Daniel Boone? | he cleared a path through Cumberland Gap for wagons |
| how did Native Americans in the Southeast use natural resources? | used wood for homes rivers/lakes for water Grew corn beans and squash hunted wild animals and caught fish |
| when did Wilderness Road open? | 1775 |
| what was the Wilderness Road and why was this road important? | Its a road through Cumberland Gap for wagons. It helped people transport to the other side of the Appalachians quicker. |
| what is a plantation? | a huge farm where cash crops are grown |
| what was the Missouri Comprise and who was the member of Congress that planned it? | henry clay. Missouri wanted to become a state as a slave state, Maine also became a state as a free state to keep the number of of slave states and free states equal |
| who was Robert E. Lee? | leader of the Confederate army |
| who was Ulysses S. Grant? | leader of the Union army and 18th president |
| how did the Civil War change life for most African Americans in the Southeast? | most got freed and rented land to raise crops and paid for the land with the crops they grew others moved to cities in the North and South they were free but not treated equal |
| who was Sequoyah? | he developed a writing system for the cherokee language |
| what port city grew around a port along the Gulf of Mexico? | New Orleans, Louisianna |
| how do ports help people and businesses in the Southeast participate in international trade? | allow people in businesses to export their goods to other countries to sell they also make it easier to import goods from other countries to sell |
| trenton | new jersey |
| little rock | arkansas |
| annapolis | maryland |
| charleston | west virginia |
| atlanta | georgia |
| frankfort | kentucky |
| montgomery | alabama |
| hartford | connecticut |
| jackson | mississippi |
| richmond | virginia |
| augusta | maine |
| baton rouge | louisianna |
| columbia | south carolina |
| tallahassee | florida |
| albany | new york |
| harrisburg | pennsylvania |
| providence | rhode island |
| montpelier | vermont |
| raleigh | north carolina |
| concord | new hampshire |
| dover | delaware |
| nashville | tennessee |
| boston | massachusetts |
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maddybrzz
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