Chapter 10 SQ and Chapter Review

Question 1

Into what 2 subregions can the NE be divided?

Answer 1

New England, and Middle Atlantic.

Question 2

What entity was the basis of self-government in New England?

Answer 2

The township

Question 3

What is the Delmarva Peninsula?

Answer 3

The largest peninsula in the Northeast

Question 4

What is the coastal region of Virginia called?

Answer 4

The Tidewater

Question 5

What kind of coal is mined in WV?

Answer 5

Bituminous coal

Question 6

What is the largest state in the South?

Answer 6

Texas

Question 7

What is the only state with shoreline on 4 of 5 Great Lakes.

Answer 7

Michigan

Question 8

What is the name of the iron ore rich area in Minnesota?

Answer 8

Mesabi Range

Question 9

What did early pioneers mistakenly call the Great Plains?

Answer 9

The great America desert

Question 10

In what area of South Dakota did outlaws and renegade indians hide?

Answer 10

Badlands

Question 11

What is unique about the government of Nebraska?

Answer 11

It is the only state with a one house legislature

Question 12

Which religious group settled in UT?

Answer 12

Mormonism

Question 13

Which states meet at 4 corners?

Answer 13

Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

Question 14

Which mountain is the heart of the Cascade Range?

Answer 14

Mt. Rainier

Question 15

What 2 NE states were not part of the 13 original colonies?

Answer 15

Vermont, and Maine

Question 16

Why were so many cities founded on the fall line?

Answer 16

There was no answer stated in the book

Question 17

Why are the great plains so arid?

Answer 17

They get very little rain

Question 18

Why is it good for a states economy to diversify?

Answer 18

They will bs much more self-supporting

Question 19

township

Answer 19

The smallest organizational unit of local government in the New England states

Question 20

timberline

Answer 20

The altitude at which the climate is to cold for trees to grow

Question 21

alpine zone

Answer 21

The zone above the timber line that is too cold for trees to grow

Question 22

notches

Answer 22

An opening through a mountain(a gap or pass)

Question 23

megalopolis

Answer 23

A combination of several metropolitan areas that have grown together

Question 24

anthracite

Answer 24

A clean burning form of coal

Question 25

truck farms

Answer 25

Small farms or large garden

Question 26

panhandle

Answer 26

A narrow strip of land

Question 27

bituminous coal

Answer 27

A low grade coal

Question 28

barrier islands

Answer 28

An island that lies near the coast and is created by silt deposits

Question 29

bayous

Answer 29

A swampy area along slow moving steams and rivers

Question 30

Cajuns

Answer 30

Residents of Louisiana whose ancestors were French refugees from an area of Maine and Canada know as Acadia

Question 31

Creoles

Answer 31

People of mixed black and European

Question 32

till plains

Answer 32

Soil left by glaciers

Question 33

prairie

Answer 33

Rolling hills with high grasses

Question 34

drift

Answer 34

Deep deposits by glaciers

Question 35

bluffs

Answer 35

Steep riverbanks

Question 36

unicameral

Answer 36

One house legislature

Question 37

bicameral

Answer 37

Two house legislatures

Question 38

Mormonism

Answer 38

A religion founded by Joseph Smith that claims to have revelation beyond that given in the Bilbe