Unit 3 Quiz 1 Review

Nashville is the capital city of _____.

• Tennessee

• Virginia

• Alabama

• North Carolina

 

Match the states with the letters on the map.

A

(a)  

• South Carolina
• Alabama

• Kentucky

• Virginia

 

Match the states with the letters on the map.

B

(a)  

• South Carolina

• Alabama

• Kentucky

• Virginia

 

Match the states with the letters on the map.

C

(a)  

• South Carolina

• Alabama

• Kentucky
• Virginia

 

Match the states with the letters on the map.

D

(a)  

• South Carolina

• Alabama
• Kentucky

• Virginia

The state of _____’s name is the Chippewa word for “large river.”

• South Carolina

• Mississippi

• Florida

• Washington, D.C.

The capital of the United States, _____, is named for a U.S. president.

• Madison, Mississippi

• Washington, D.C.

• Jefferson, North Carolina

• Lincoln, Kentucky

Match  the Southeast Region’s landforms with the statements.

• Okefenokee Swamp

• Water from Lake Okeechobee creates a very wide, slow-moving river.

• Gulf of Mexico

• A 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and sand banks protects mainland North Carolina.

• Outer Banks

• The Edisto River Basin has a swamp known for barred owls and small but deep ponds.

• Four Holes Swamp

• Warm waters of the world’s ninth-largest body of water can fuel hurricanes.

• Florida Everglades

• The “land of trembling earth” in Georgia and Florida has peat formed from rotting plants.

Lake Drummond formed in the basin of a swamp in Virginia and North Carolina.

• Gulf of Mexico

• Outer Banks

• Great Dismal Swamp

• Four Holes Swamp

• Florida Everglades

A shallow seabed extending out from the mainland is a _____.

• basin

• continental shelf

• bottomland

• gulf