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The Southeast
Unit 3
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Social Studies
4th Grade
01/27/2015

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Which kind of landform covers most of the eastern half of the Southeast?
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plains
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What causes waterfalls to form along the Fall Line?
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A steep drop in elevation
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What makes the Southeast a good place for farming?
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a sunny climate with a long growing season
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What is one reason that Native Americans in the Southeast built their villages along rivers or lakes?
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transportation
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Which Native American group lived in the Appalachian Mountains?
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Cherokee
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In which century did the Wilderness Road Open?
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nineteenth
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What are two major cash crops grown in the Southeast today?
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cotton and rice
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The Missouri Compromise was an attempt to settle disagreements over which question?
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Should we allow slavery in new states?
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What was one effect of the Civil War?
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Enslaved African Americans were freed.
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What term best describes goods that are brought into one county from another country?
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What is coral?
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A stone like material lmade of skeletons of tiny sea animals
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In whic two Southeast state do people mine the most coal?
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Kentucky and Virginia
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What does it mean when animals are classified as endangered?
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Their numbers are very limited.
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What is a hurricane?  How do hurricanes effect the Southeast?

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HOw are state governments like the federal government?

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What are some of the disadvantages of rapid growth in the Southwestern states?

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