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WorksheetsSoutheast Region Quiz
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 28mins
What city is known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement?
Jamestown, Virginia
New Orleans, Louisiana
Montgomery, Alabama
Miami, Florida
What cit is known as the "Gateway to the Americas?"
Montgomery, Alabama
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nashville, Tennessee
Miami, Florida
What is the vast area of swamp, savanna, and forest at the southern tip of Florida called?
Piedmont
Gee's Bend
Everglades
Fall Line
This is the low, rolling hills at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.
Piedmont
Everglades
Hurricane Andrew
Savanna
This town was the first permanent English settlement in America.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Jamestown, Virginia
Frankfort, Kentucky
Orlando, Florida
A powerful hurricane that destoyed Florida in 1992.
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Evans
Hurricane Andrew
This is an important/major port city at the mouth of Mississippi River.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York City
Richmond, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Hurricanes can happen every year in the Southeast region.
True
False
Farming is an important industry in the Southeast region.
True
False
All the businesses that produce one kind of good or provide one kind of service.
plantation
agriculture
industry
tractor
An imaginary line, marked by rapids or waterfalls, where rivers start to drop from higher land to lower land.
fall line
petroleum
savanna
hurricane
A thick, black liquid found underground.
natural resource
petroleum
rocks
mud
The separation of people because of race, religion, or gender.
sorting
agriculture
industry
segregation
A resource supplied by nature.
savanna
swamp
natural resource
plantation
A large farm that had many slaves working on it.
plantation
farm
segregation
hurricane
The business of growing crops and raising animals.
tractor
democracy
planting
agriculture
A flat grassland.
plain
savanna
swamp
forest
A storm with heavy winds and high rains that develops over the ocean and often moves toward land.
thunderstorm
cyclone
tornado
hurricane
The following are 2 important industries in the Southeast.
coal mining and soft drinks
coal mining and oil
paper mills and electronics
steel and chips
Cotton, tobacco, peanuts, oranges, and rice are some of the crops grown in the Southeast region.
True
False
What is the capital of North Carolina?
Raleigh
Columbia
Frankfort
Jackson
