Southeast Region - Lesson 1 Part 1

​How Do People and the Environment Interact?

By Holly J Berlanda

Categorize

Options (11)

Atlantic Ocea

Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Barrier Islands known as the Outer Banks

Blue Ridge Mountain Sub-Range

Smoky Mountain Range

Gulf of Mexic

Chesapeake Bay

largest estuary

Everglades

Florida Keys

Organize these options into the right categories

Land

Water

Coastline

Labelling

Label Map ​ ​ ​

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Outer Banks

Blue Ridge Mountains

Gulf of Mexico

Everglades

Smoky Mountains

Chesapeake Bay

Florida Keys

Mississippi River

Atlantic Ocean

Fill in the Blank

The Southeast in known for its mild ________ climate.

Categorize

Options (13)

humid

hot

cool

rainy

cotton

oranges

short grasses in wetlands

Palm trees

waterbirds

alligators

panthers

fish

amphibans

Organize these options into the right categories

Summers

Winters

Plant Life

Animal Life

Match

Match the following

• plantation

• peanuts

• citrus trees

• rice

• natural resources

large crop farms

cash crop planted as a rotation crop

trees that grow oranges, limes, & lemons

first cash crop, grows in wetlands

fish, coal, oil & lumber

• large crop farms

• cash crop planted as a rotation crop

• trees that grow oranges, limes, & lemons

• first cash crop, grows in wetlands

• fish, coal, oil & lumber

Open Ended

On pages 130-131, the author shares many resources that the people of the Southeast region depend upon.

Besides seafood, explain other resources that rely on the "natural resource" of water?

Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.