Vocabulary States of the Southeast Location Products of The Southeast Anything Goes
Question This is a low area of land that is covered by water at least part of the year.
Answer SWAMP
Question A place where minerals are scraped from the surface of the ground is
Answer STRIP MINE
Question A dangerous storm with heavy rains and high winds that normally hits the states of the Southeast region
Answer HURRICANE
Question A triangle-shaped area of land at the end of a river
Answer DELTA
Question This is a stream that flows through a swamp.
Answer BAYOU
Question The civil rights movement started here
Answer MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Question This city is the birthplace of jazz.
Answer NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Question Sometimes slaves would sing about their sorrows. These sad songs came to be known as the blues. What city/state is famous around the world as the home of the blues?
Answer MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Question In the early 1800’s, cotton planters settled in this area.
Answer NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
Question The first permanent English settlement in America was here.
Answer JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
Question South Carolina is bordered by what two states?
Answer GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
Question Appalachia has no exact borders, however it stretches across how many states?
Answer 13 STATES
Question This city is an important port in the United States. Ships from all over the world come here.
Answer NEW ORLEANS
Question Segregation was ended in this city. There is also a memorial here that honors 40 Americans that were killed during the civil rights movement.
Answer MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Question Cape Canaveral is located in this state.
Answer FLORIDA
Question This mineral is found in the Appalachias.
Answer COAL
Question Early colonists to Virginia found a crop that grew very well in this state. What is the crop?
Answer TOBACCO
Question Cajun food is all the rage in this city.
Answer NEW ORLEANS
Question Petroleum is found in here.
Answer GULF OF MEXICO
Question – DAILY DOUBLE Rich soil attracted cotton planters to this state.
Answer TENNESSEE
Question States in the Sun Belt have this in common.
Answer A MILD CLIMATE
Question Coal is mainly used for what purposes?
Answer HEAT HOMES AND PRODUCE ELECTRICITY
Question This chemical is used to make all kinds of products, from medicines to plastics.
Answer PETROCHEMICALS
Question – DAILY DOUBLE Separation of people because of race is called
Answer SEGREGATION
Question This oldest kind of jazz music is called this.
Answer DIXIELAND