The East of the Mississippi River

Many of the first English colonists who came to America during the 1600s settled in the subregion they named _____.

• New York

• New Hampshire

• New England

• New Jersey

In which subregion is Washington, D.C., U.S capital, located?

• New England

• the Mid-Atlantic

• the Mid-west

• the Southeast

The largest body of water east of the Mississippi River is the _____.

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• St. Lawrence River

• Atlantic Ocean

The term Great Lakes refers to a cluster of _____ huge lakes located in the American Midwest and central Canada.

• 4

• 3

• 6

• 5

The Missouri and Ohio Rivers are _____ that feed into the Mississippi River, adding to its strength and volume.

• locks

• seaways

• tributaries

• canals

includes Maine and Massachusetts

• New England

• the Mid-West

• the Mid- Atlantic

• the Southeast

Why did the U.S. government build levees along the Mississippi River?

• to control flooding and reduce damage to homes and crops

• to block sediment from reaching farm fields

• to stop erosion of rich sediment from the river

• to change the course of the river

The oldest and longest chain of mountains in the United States east of the Mississippi River is the _____.

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Great Smoky Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

extends from Florida to Texas

• Atlantic Ocean

• Ontario River

• Gulf Coast

• St. Lawerence River

An area where waterfalls flow from high to lower ground is called a _____.

• tributary

• fall line

• lock

• flood plain