USA The South region

The South is part of the Sun Belt.

• True

• False

Industrialization is the process of creating more farms in an area dominated by industry.

• True

• False

Petrochemicals are substances (like plastics or nylon) that are made from petroleum.

• True

• False

Farmers in the South were able to grow cotton because of the region’s

• wealth.

• geography, climate, and rich soil.

• size.

• location near the Atlantic Ocean.

In Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, companies drill for

• water.

• gold.

• plastics and paint.

• oil and natural gas.

What do textile mills produce?

• cloth

• petrochemicals

• minerals

• aeronautics

The Chesapeake Bay area near Maryland and Virginia is famous for

• hardwood trees.

• shellfish

• oil reserves.

• its aerospace business.

Aeronautics is an industry of all the following cities except

• Houston, Texas

• Huntsville, Alabama

• Cape Canaveral, Florida

• Atlanta, Georgia.

Two major ports in the South are

• Atlanta and Dalton

• Raleigh and Austin

• Miami and New Orleans.

• New York City and Philadelphia.

Washington, D.C. is located

• in the Northeast.

• between the states of Maryland and Virginia.

• between the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.

• in Georgia.