Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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What is a wetland

A

Low-lying land where the water level is always near or above the surface of the land

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2
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What is the Piedmont

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Area of high land at or near the foot of the mountain

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3
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What is the fall line

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A place where a river drops from higher to lower land

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4
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What is Fertilizer

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Materials added to the soil to make it more productive to help crops grow

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5
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What is a plantation?

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A huge farm where tobacco, Cotton, rice, Sugarcane or indigo were the main crops grown

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6
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What is a union

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The United States of America

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7
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What is the word secede mean

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To leave

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8
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What does the word abolish mean

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To end

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9
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What is the Confederacy

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The Confederacy states of America, a new country that was from the southern states that seceded from the union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860

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10
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International trade what is it

A

Trade with other countries

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11
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What is raw material

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A resource in its natural state such as a mineral, that can be used to manufacture a product

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12
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What does it mean to import

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A good product that is brought into one country from another to be sold, to bring in goods from another country to sell

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13
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What is it mean to export

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Export is a product shipped from one country to be sold in another. To sell goods to people in other countries

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14
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What is a cash crop

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A crop people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves

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15
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What word means to an end

A

Abolish

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16
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Hey good that is brought into one country from another

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Import

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17
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Land that is almost completely surrounded by water

A

Peninsula

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18
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Materials that are added to the soil to make it more fertile

A

Fertilizer

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19
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Good that it shipped from one country to another to be sold

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Export

Remember export an exit and give me the same thing and I do hope you remember leave the country Sell other countries

20
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What word means To leave

A

Secede

21
Q

What is an area of high land near the foot of the mountain

A

Piedmont

22
Q

A huge farm where cash crops are grown

A

Plantation

23
Q

When did the wilderness Road open

A

1775

24
Q

In which century did the battle of Gettysburg take place

A

1900s or 19th century

25
Q

When do most hurricane strike the Southeast

A

June to November

26
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Who did the Europeans and slave as workers in the southeast

A

African Americans that were enslaved

27
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What was the Missouri compromise

A

Missouri joined as a slave state and Maine joined as a free state this allowed balance between the states that had slaves and those that did not. The plan also allowed slavery in the new states form to the south but not allowed it in the north

28
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What were to crash crops grown in the south east today

A

Tobacco cotton corn sugar cane rice beans or peanuts

29
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Which one of these is a wetland?

The Everglades, the fall line, the Piedmont, the Ozark Pleyto

A

The Everglades

30
Q

Which of the cities grew around a port on the golf coast?

Baltimore Maryland, Charleston South Carolina, Miami Florida, or New Orleans Louisiana

A

New Orleans Louisiana

31
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Why is the south east a good reason for farming

A

It has fertile soil a warm climate, Sunshine and lots of rain

32
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How did the Native Americans in the south east use their natural resources

A

They built their villages along rivers these waters provided freshwater for food and transportation routes we gave them the opportunity to travel for trade they use the wood from the forest to build their homes they will branches together to make frames they grew corn and beans and squash they made baskets from plant parts they use the baskets to collect and store their crops that use bones to make tools and weapons

33
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How did finding the Cumberland gap affect the life in the Southeast

A

Made it easier to travel

34
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What were one cause and one effect of the Civil War

A

The war started because of the argument over slavery and the effect of it was when the north won the war it became the end of slavery

35
Q

Be able to read a bargraph to answer questions

A

Remember that you need to read the directions very carefully and know which bar you’re looking at to determine your answer

36
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What was Sequoyah famous for?

A

Developed the Cherokee writing system

37
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What is Daniel Boone famous for

A

He help clear the path through the Cumberland gap

38
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What is Robert E. Lee famous for

A

He led the Confederate Army during the Civil War

39
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What is Henry Clay famous for

A

He wrote the Missouri compromise

40
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What was George Washington Carver famous for

A

He was a scientist who discovered many uses for peanuts

41
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What was Ulysses S Grant famous for

A

He led the Union Army during the Civil War

42
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What is Martin Luther King Junior famous for

A

He led the civil rights movement

43
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Where did the Cherokee tribe live

A

In the Appalachian Mountains

44
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What was the wilderness Road and when did it open

A

It was a path through the Cumberland gap and it opened in 1775

45
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What was the Missouri compromise and who wrote it

A

Henry Clay wrote the Missouri compromise of 1820 it kept a balance between the free state and the slave states. It allowed Missouri to become a state the cup slaves and allowed Maine to join as a free state it also indicated that southern states to join and become slave states but northern states cannot have slaves

46
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What were the causes of the Civil War

A

President Lincoln wanted to end slavery. The north and the south disagreed about slavery and the southern states seceded from the union.

47
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What is a peninsula

A

Land that has water around it on three sides