Southeast region vocabulary Quiz

What is a Bayou?

• A large farm, usually worked by many laborers

• A stream of water that flows through a swamp

• A flat grassland

• A natural material found in rock

What does the term Delta refer to?

• A thick, black liquid found underground

• A storm with heavy rains and high winds

• A triangle-shaped area of land at the end of a river

• A large farm, usually worked by many laborers

What is a Hurricane?

• A flat grassland

• A natural material found in rock

• A large farm, usually worked by many laborers

• A storm, with heavy rains and high winds, that develops over the ocean and often moves toward land

What is a Mineral?

• A stream of water that flows through a swamp

• A flat grassland

• A natural material found in rock

• A thick, black liquid found underground

What is Petroleum commonly known as?

• Salt

• Oil

• Cotton

• Grassland

What is a Plantation?

• A flat grassland

• A natural material found in rock

• A large farm, usually worked by many laborers

• A stream of water that flows through a swamp

What is the landscape of a Savanna like?

• A triangle-shaped area of land at the end of a river

• A flat grassland

• A thick, black liquid found underground

• A storm, with heavy rains and high winds

What does the term "Segregation" mean?

• A place where minerals are scraped from the ground

• The separation of people because of race, religion, or gender

• A low area of land that is covered by water at least part of the year

• The process of combining different races, religions, or genders

What is a "Strip mine"?

• A place where minerals are scraped from the ground

• A low area of land that is covered by water at least part of the year

• The separation of people because of race, religion, or gender

• A place where crocodiles live

What is a "Swamp"?

• The separation of people because of race, religion, or gender

• A place where minerals are scraped from the ground

• A low area of land that is covered by water at least part of the year

• A place where segregation occurs