Southeast Region

Before highways and railroads were built, what was the easiest and fastest way to travel and transport goods in some parts of our country?

• walking

• rivers

• trucks

• horses

What is the source, or starting point, of the Mississippi River?

• Lake Michigan

• The Gulf of Mexico

• Lake Itasca

• Niagara Falls

Small rivers that flow into bigger rivers are called __________.

• tributaries

• deltas

• streams

• ponds

All of the land drained by a river is called the river __________.

• mouth

• delta

• tributary

• basin

The __________ of a river is where the river empties into an ocean or other large body of water.

• mouth

• basin

• tributary

• source

__________, or fine dirt, is carried along by a river. It is picked up in some places and dropped off in others.

• silt

• sediments

• playdoh

• algae

To help control flooding, engineers build special walls of earth, called __________, next to the river.

• silt

• sediments

• levees

• mountains

For riverboats and barges, travel begins and ends at a __________ where goods are loaded and unloaded.

• source

• delta

• port

• tributary

The Southeast has a warm climate for much of the year because it is closer to the __________ than most other parts of the country.

• equator

• volcano

• hot springs

• sky

__________ is the business of growing crops and raising animals.

• ranching

• agriculture

• irrigation

• economy