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Southeast Today
Chapter 7
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History
4th Grade
01/08/2011

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Term
The five Atlantic Coast states are ---.
Definition

Georgia, Maryland,

North Carolina,

South Carolina, and Virginia

Term
-- has the the largest populated city of the Atlantic Coast states.
Definition
Baltimore, Maryland
Term
--- is the industry that is associated with the region's beaches in the Southeast.
Definition
tourism
Term
The four Gulf Coast states are ---.
Definition
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi
Term
What is considered the "Birthplace of Jazz"?
Definition
New Orleans, Louisiana
Term
What are the four Inland South states?
Definition
Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia
Term
What landform do the Inland South states have in common?
Definition
mountains
Term
What cultural traditions have developed in the Inland South states?
Definition
Cultural traditions such as crafts and music.
Term
Where is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park located?
Definition
on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina
Term
--- refers to the continent or the part of a continent nearest to an island.
Definition
mainland
Term
The three branches of government are ---, ---, and ---.
Definition
executive, legislative, and judicial
Term
The three levels of government are ---, ---, and ---.
Definition
local, state, and national
Term
The --- is the head of the executive branch of a state government.
Definition
governor
Term
How are federal and state governments alike?
Definition
They both make and enforce laws, collect taxes, and provice services for citizens.  They both have three branches of government.  At all three levels people elect the leaders of government.
Term
How does the govenment try to protect natural resources?
Definition
By setting up national and state parks and wildlife refuges.  They pass laws that require mining companies to reclaim strip-mined land. 
Term
What is strip mining?
Definition
Coal that is strip mined is taken from the earth by scraping away the soil to get to the coal.
Term
What do coal companies have to do after they have used strip mining to get coal.
Definition
They are required by law to put back the soil, and plant trees and plants.
Term
What do people in the hi-tech industry do?
Definition
invent, build, and use computers and other electronic equipment
Term
What does it mean that an animal is extinct?
Definition
that animal no longer is in existence
Term
Why would food processing factories be located near farming areas?
Definition
The food processing industires use the crops and livestock grown/raised on the farms to make their products.
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