States of the
Vocabulary
Southeast
Location
Products of
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Southeast
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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