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.
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