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Exploring the Southeast
Chapter 6
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History
4th Grade
12/18/2010

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What type of weather is the Southeast known for?
Definition
mild climate
Term
What extreme weather is the Southeast known for?
Definition
hurricanes
Term
What is a hurricane?
Definition
A hurricane is a huge tropical storm that brings heavy rain and high winds.
Term
What kind of damage can a hurricane cause?
Definition
A hurricane can destroy trees and buildings.  It can also flood the entire region.
Term
The --- of southern Florida is covered with swamps and marshes.
Definition
wetlands
Term
What are the wetlands of southern Florida referred to as?
Definition
The Florida Everglades
Term
A --- is an area of high land near the foot of a mountain.
Definition
piedmont
Term
--- is a mixture of materials that are added to the soil to make it more fertile.
Definition
Fertilizer
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How did the Native Americans of the Southeast use natural resources to survive?
Definition
They used soil to grow corn, beans, and other crops.  They made homes and canoes from trees.  They used wood, stones and animal bones to make tools and weapons.  They ate the animals they hunted.  They used rivers for drinking water, as well as for food and transportation.
Term
The --- Indian tribe lived in the Appalachian regions of the Southeast in the 1500s.
Definition
Cherokee
Term
--- was the Native American that developed the Cherokee writing system.
Definition
Sequoyah
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--- was the European settlement which was established in the 17th century.
Definition
Jamestown
Term
Large farms, known as ---, were developed by European settlers.
Definition
plantations
Term
The purpose of most plantations in the Southeast were to grow --- crops.
Definition
cash
Term

Examples of cash crops of the Southeast include

--- and ---.

Definition
cotton and rice
Term
The Appalachian Mountains were difficult to cross until the --- --- was discovered.
Definition
Cumberland Gap
Term
The --- --- was a path built by clearing trees through the Cumberland Gap for Wagons.
Definition
Wilderness Road
Term
--- --- was one of those that helped clear the path for the Wilderness Road.
Definition
Daniel Boone
Term
When did the Wilderness Road open?
Definition
1775
Term
The --- --- was a plan to keep a balance between the free and slave states that were allowed to have slaves.
Definition
Missouri Compromise
Term
--- --- helped plan and negotiate the Missouri Compromise in Congress.
Definition
Henry Clay
Term
The Missouri Compromise state that --- would join the United States as a slave state.
Definition
Missouri
Term
The Missouri Compromise state that --- would join the United States as a free state.
Definition
Maine
Term
When --- was elected president the South feared that he would try to end slavery in all of the states.
Definition
Lincoln
Term
The 11 Southern states --- from the Union and formed a new Country called the Confederate States of America.
Definition
suceded
Term
Sucede means to ---.
Definition
leave
Term
--- led the Confederate army.
Definition
Robert E. Lee
Term
--- led the Union army.
Definition
Ulysses S. Grant
Term
A --- war is a war fought between groups of people fromt he same country.
Definition
civil
Term
How did the lives of most African Americans in the Southeast change?
Definition
They were freed from slavery.  Some moved to cities to find jobs.  Many stayed to raise crops on land they rented.
Term
A good that is brought into a country from another country is called an ---.
Definition
import
Term
An --- is a good shipped from one country to be sold in another.
Definition
export
Term
--- allow people to sell their goods and to get goods from other countries.
Definition
Ports
Term
--- is a city that grew around a port along the Gulf of Mexico.
Definition
New Orleans, Louisiana
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