Social Studies Ch.7

How does elevation affect life in the southeast?

• Travel is easier in highlands than in lowlands

• Lowlands have warmer weather then highlands

• farming is better in highlands than in lowlands

• Highlands have warmer winters than lowlands

Many port cities have grown up in the southeast

• in the Piedmont region

• on islands off the Atlantic coast

• just below the fall line

• where rivers meet the sea

What attracted mills and workshops to the fall line?

• forests

• farmland

• waterfalls

• coal

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

• paper

• oil

• land

• water

The most dangerous weather southeasterns face is

• a heavy snow

• an early frost

• a hurricane

• a heat wave

Florida has warmer weather than Maine because

• it lies closer to the Appalachian Mountains

• it lies closer to the North Pole

• it lies closer to the Atlantic Ocean

• it lies closer to the equator

Which southeastern state has the longest growing season?

• North Carolina

• Florida

• South Carolina

• Georgia

What ruined many cotton farmers in the southeast?

• insect attacks

• cool summers

• hurricanes

• too little rain

What lesson did farmers learn from the cotton disaster?

• Don't depend on rainfall to water your crops

• Don't plant crops that need long growing seasons

• Don't try to make a living by farming

• Don't depend on just one crop to survive