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Chapter 6 Review United States

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The majority of enslaved Africans worked on __________________________________.

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Plantations

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The major physical features in the Eastern United States are ___________________, ____________________________, and _____________________________.

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Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Appalachian Mountains

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Who were the first inhabitants of the Americas? _________________, ________________, and ____________________

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Inca, Aztec, and Iriquois

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Farms in the Wheat Belt need to be irrigated because ___________________________.

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Dry Climate

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Name 3 major Southern transportation centers. _______________________, ______________________________, and _______________________________.

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Atlanta Dallas Houston

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_ _________________________ is the only state inside the tropics.

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Hawaii

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The _______________________________ have some of the most fertile and productive farmlands on Earth.

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Interior Plains

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The Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and plains are located in the ___________ of the U.S.

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interior

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______________________________ economy is based on fishing, tourism, financial centers, insurance companies and education.

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New Englands

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True or False the Rockies, Sierra Nevadas, and Coast Range are located near the Pacific Ocean.

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false

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The United States does not contain the climate type ___________________.

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Arctic

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The Midwests farm and factory products are sent to market by ___________________.

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Trucks

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The climates in the western United States are _________________.

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dry

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What are the 5 major regions of the United States? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ ___________________________

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Northeast, South, Midwest, Interior west, pacific

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Alaskas economy is based on _____________, forests, and ________________.

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Fish oil

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The Rocky Mountains have _______________ and _______________________ climates.

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steppe highland

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The ___________________ are large lakes that were created by shrinking glaciers.

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Great Lakes

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Where is most of the U.S. corn grown? ___________________

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Corn Belt

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The _____________ Mountains reach up to 14,000 feet high.

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Rocky Mountains

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The __________________ River drains the Interior Plains.

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Mississippi River

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The Great Basin is surrounded by high _______________________.

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mountains

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Plantations are large _____________ that grow mainly one _________________.

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Farms that grow mainly one crop

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_____________, or cloth products, that were an important industry in the late 1800s.

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textile

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If you can speak two languages you are __________________.

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BilingualBilingual

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How many million people in the United States speak Spanish _____________________.

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17 million

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_______________________ forests cover an area after the original forest has been cut down.

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Second-growth forests

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The United States has a _______________________ because the value of its exports is lower than its imports.

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Trade deficitTrade deficit

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__________________ mining strips away rock and soil with large machines.

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Strip mining

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_________________ Georgia has a population of over _____________ million people.

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Atlanta 3.5 million people

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The largest city in Washington state is __________________, and it is also the home of a major _______________ company.

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seattle Software company

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_______________ is a region surrounded by higher land such as mountains.

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Basin

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The _____________________ stretch westward from the Appalachian mountains to the Rockies.

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Interior plains

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___________________ states are states that border each other.

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contiguous

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These mountains extend from Maine to Alabama. ___________________

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Appalachian mountains

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This runs north to south along the crest of the Rockies___________________________.

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Continental divide

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This is a city in the northeastern megalopolis_______________________ _____.

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BOSTOnBOSTOn

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If something is ______________ it is formally added or joined to something else.

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Annexed Some people believe Pluto should be annexed into the solar system

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A _________________ is a territory that is controlled by people from a foreign land.

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colony

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The climate in the southeast United States is ___________________________.

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Humid subtropical

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Another word for a blinding snowstorm is a __________________________.

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bliZzard

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Name 4 important natural resources AND tell where they are found.

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Northeast: Forests, coal South: Fertile Soil Midwest: Coal, iron ore Interior West: Coal, oil, gold, silver, copper Pacific States: Forests, fish, oil

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Name 4 climate types in the United States AND tell where they are found.

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Humid Subtropical: South (Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina Humid Continental: Northeast and Midwest(Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York) Humid Tropical: Hawaii Subarctic: Southern Alaska Tundra: Northern Alaska Highland: Rocky Mountains Mediterranean: Primarily in California Marine West Coast: Along the coast of Washington, Oregon, and into California Steppe: Interior West and at the base of the Rocky Mountains Dessert: Southern part of the Interior West (parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada