Ch 4: Eastern US Flashcards
What plateau lies between the Appalachians and the coastal plain?
Piedmont Plateau
What is Mammoth Cave’s main distinction?
It is the largest known underground cave system in the world.
What is the most prominent landform in the eastern US?
Appalachian Mountains
Name the 7 chief ranges of the Appalachians.
Green Mountains, White Mountains, Catskills, Adirondacks, Alleghenies, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cumberland Mountains
What is the area whose rivers and streams are affected by the Atlantic’s tides west of the Chesapeake Bay?
Tidewater Region
What is the second largest body of water on earth?
Atlantic Ocean
Why has the fishing industry in the Atlantic declined?
Overfishing
Give 5 facts about the Atlantic Ocean.
1) world’s second largest body of water
2) it is the saltiest ocean
3) most important ocean for commerce
4) more closely studied than any other ocean
5) borders Europe and Africa to the east and North and South America to the west
What was one of the earliest cultures in the eastern and central US? What large structures did the people build?
Hopewell Indians
They built burial mounds
Name the nations of the Iroquois League of Five Nations, the largest Indian group in the eastern US.
Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca
Which tribe’s name meant “southerners”?
Shawnee
The tribe of runaway slaves and other Indians living in the Everglades was called what?
Seminole
What tribe helped the Pilgrims to survive?
Wampanoag
Who introduced the Pilgrims to Chief Massasoit?
Dampest
What “Apostle to the Indians” translated the first complete Bible to be printed in America? What nickname was given to the people for whom he organized villages?
John Eliot
His followers were known as praying Indians.
