Southern United States

Question 0

Foreign border

Answer 0

Texas has a long border with Mexico

Question 1

location

Answer 1

Virginia down the coast to Texas

Question 2

foreign border problems

Answer 2

• illegal immigration
• illegal drugs
• crime

Question 3

colonial; America

Answer 3

south was an agricultural region

Question 4

slavery

Answer 4

slaves used to work in fields

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after the civil war…

Answer 5

massive migration to the North

Question 6

barrier islands

Answer 6

long narrow sandy islands separated by a lagoon

Question 7

nation’s largest wetlands

Answer 7

Everglades

Question 8

southern Appalachian Mountains

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smokey mountains

Question 9

ozark plateau

Answer 9

ancient plateau of Arkansas and Missouri

Question 10

Southern climate

Answer 10

humid subtropical

rainfall:
40-60 inches a year

weather conditions:
hurricanes to snowfall

Question 11

Mississippi

Answer 11

largest river in the world

Question 12

bayous

Answer 12

small sluggish stream area

Question 13

levees

Answer 13

ridge of earth along a river bank that hinders flooding

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TVA

Answer 14

Tennessee Valley Authorities

series of dams that create hydroelectricity

Question 15

Rio Grande

Answer 15

river that borders Mexico and Texas

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tenant farmers

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rents plot of land for farming

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cotton

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main crop; well suited for the South

Question 18

tobacco

Answer 18

• introduced by Indiana

- shipped to Europe

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products

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lemon, oranges, peanuts and peaches

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marine life

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• fishing
• oysters
• shrimp

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textiles

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pieces of cloth

90% of the clothing industry is in the South

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oil

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found along the Gulf Coast

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tourism

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#1 Florida
#2 South Carolina
#3 Texas 
#4 Ozarks
#5 Smokey Mountains

Question 24

Atlanta

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Georgia's largest city

Question 25

Miami

Answer 25

famous for: - tourism - retirement centres - South Beach

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St. Petersburg

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a retirement centre that grew in the 1980's

Question 27

New Orleans

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French city located below sea level

Question 28

Houston

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4th largest city America

Question 29

Fort Worth, Dallas

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metroplex, two large cities next to each other

Question 30

San Antonio

Answer 30

bilingual city famous for: - river walk - Alamo