Geography: The North & South

All Northern States experienced ____________ seasons from freezing winters to hot, humid summers.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

____________ had hundreds of bays and inlets that were perfect for use as harbors. Shipbuilding, fishing, and commerce flourished in this area, while towns such as Boston became busy seaports.

• Maine & Minnesota

• New England

• Pennsylvania & Ohio

• Central Plains

Farther south in these States, broad rivers like the Hudson and the Delaware had deposited rich soil over the plains. People living in these areas supported themselves by farming. [Choose 3]

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Maine

This area was a large forested region drained by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, which boasts some of the best agricultural soil in the world.

• New England

• Maine & Minnesota

• Central Plains

• The Appalachians

The clearing of forests by American settlers for farming in Ohio and Illinois is called...

• mining

• deforestation

• global warming

• carbon dioxide reduction

By 1850, Americans had cleared about 177,000 square miles of dense forest. This amount of land (177,000 sq. miles) - if it were a State, would be larger than which U.S. States? [Select ALL that Apply]

• California

• Montana

• New Mexico

• Arizona

These States enjoyed abundant rainfall, long growing seasons, and mild winters that made for a perfect place for growing warm-weather crops which would have withered and died in colder temperatures.

• Northern States

• Southern States

Along the coast and plains of the South, Southerners grew which plants? [Select ALL that Apply]

• indigo

• tobacco

• rice

• sugarcane

In this rugged backcountry, farmers carved out farms and orchards out of rolling hills and mountain hollows...

• New England

• Maine & Minnesota

• Central Plains

• The Appalachians

How did the South's broad flat rivers serve as an important feature for the Southerners? [Select ALL that Apply]

• People used the rivers to go inland and build homes and farms

• the rivers acted as water highways in the South

• Oceangoing ships could sail up the rivers to conduct business