WorksheetsChapter 13 The Southeast Region
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
What are examples of an area of land covered by water?
marsh
swamp
plateau
What might be found growing in a marsh?
sweet grass
ferns
orchids
What is the largest swamp in North America and found in Georgia and Florida?
Natchez
Okefenokee
Mississippi
What lives in a swamp or marsh?
alligators and fish
snake
frogs and toads
Who were some of the people who lived in the Southeast in the earliest days?
European colonists
Natchez
Seminoles
Who lived in thatched-roof homes called chickees and used cypress canoes?
Indian peoples in the Florida area
Natchez peoples in the Louisiana area
What was the first English settlement in America called?
Houma
Jamestown
Florida
What was fought in the first colonies of the US?
The Great Awakening
The Revolutionary War
What changed religion in the South?
The Great Awakening
Indian Removal Act
What are things that characterized Southern life?
Preference of farming over trade and manufacturing
hospitality, politeness and good manners
all of the above
What shows the importance of the ocean to business in the Southeast?
Ports for shipping goods
fishing industry
tourism
What contribute to the economy of the Southeast?
Manufacturing
tourism
banking
agriculture
What are songs by slaves that often had ideas from Scripture?
Seminole
spirituals
piedmont
What is the Indian tribe that was known for its cypress canoes?
Seminole
Natchez
Cherokee
Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
Cherokee
Choctaw
What is the reason most Indians of the Southeast had to move west?
Spirituals
Indian Removal Act
The Great Awakening
What is land by the sea made up of sandy beaches in some parts and marshes or swamps in other parts?
Piedmont
coastland
coastal plain
What is flatland stretching up from the coast?
Coastland
Plateau
Coastal plain
What is flat or hilly land beyond the mountains?
Piedmont
Plateau
Coastal plain
What is foothills between the coastal plain and the mountains called?
Plateau
Piedmont
Coastal plain
What is the longest river in the US?
Mississippi River
Nile River
What are some natural resources in the Southeast that are used to produce energy?
coal
natural gas
oil
all of the above
