Chapter 4 World Geography/World History 6th Grade United States

The Appalachian Mountain system stretches from Alabama to Canada.

• True

• False

The Great Plains are not flat but gradually rise in elevation from east to west.

• True

• False

The American colonists’ dislike of British laws and taxes forced upon them eventually led to the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

In California, New Mexico, and Texas, non-Hispanic whites are in the majority.

• True

• False

Oil is a valuable resource, as well as a potential cause of environmental damage for areas of the United States.

• True

• False

- Pacific Coast port and the nation’s second largest city

• Los Angeles

• Dallas

• Denver

• Sacramento

- stretches from northeastern U.S. to Mexico.

• Los Angeles

• "Rust Belt"

• Oregon Trail

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

- large cities that are centers of culture, education, and business.

• metropolitan areas

• “Rust Belt”

• Denver &

  Los Angeles

• rural areas

- prosperous inland business center that began as a mining town.

• Denver

• Los Angeles

• Dallas

• Utopia

- area where many factories closed during the 1980s.

• “Rust Belt”

• Denver

• "Bible Belt"

• Los Angeles