Southeast

A(n) ________ is all the businesses that produce one kind of good or provide one type of service.

• industry

• agriculture

• floodplain

• navigable

A(n) ________ river is deep and wide enough for ships to use.

• industry

• agriculture

• foothills

• navigable

A hilly region at the base of a mountain range is called ________.

• industry

• agriculture

• foothills

• navigable

The business of growing crops and raising animals is called ________.

• foothills

• agriculture

• floodplain

• navigable

A(n) ________ is a low, flat land alongside a river.

• industry

• foothills

• floodplain

• navigable

The foothills of the Appalachian Mountains are called the __________.

• Blue Ridge

• Floodplain

• Great Smokies

• Piedmont

Compared with those who live in the lowlands, people who live in the Southeast highlands experience

• easier travel

• cooler weather

• better farming

• warmer winters

Where have many port cities in the Southeast developed?

• just above the fall line

• in the Piedmont region

• where rivers meet the sea

• on islands off the Atlantic Coast

The fall line is important because it determines how

• many tourists will visit

• far rivers are navigable

• fast the population grows

• short the growing season is

What would have attracted people to want to build mills and workshops near the fall line?

• forests

• farmland

• waterfalls

• coal