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Southern United States Flashcards

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Foreign border

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Texas has a long border with Mexico

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location

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Virginia down the coast to Texas

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foreign border problems

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  • illegal immigration
  • illegal drugs
  • crime
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colonial; America

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south was an agricultural region

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slavery

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slaves used to work in fields

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after the civil war…

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massive migration to the North

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barrier islands

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long narrow sandy islands separated by a lagoon

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nation’s largest wetlands

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Everglades

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southern Appalachian Mountains

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smokey mountains

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ozark plateau

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ancient plateau of Arkansas and Missouri

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Southern climate

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humid subtropical

rainfall:
40-60 inches a year

weather conditions:
hurricanes to snowfall

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Mississippi

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largest river in the world

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bayous

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small sluggish stream area

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levees

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ridge of earth along a river bank that hinders flooding

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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authorities

series of dams that create hydroelectricity

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Rio Grande

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river that borders Mexico and Texas

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tenant farmers

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rents plot of land for farming

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cotton

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main crop; well suited for the South

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tobacco

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  • introduced by Indiana

- shipped to Europe

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products

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lemon, oranges, peanuts and peaches

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marine life

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  • fishing
  • oysters
  • shrimp
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textiles

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pieces of cloth

90% of the clothing industry is in the South

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oil

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found along the Gulf Coast

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tourism

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#1 Florida
#2 South Carolina
#3 Texas 
#4 Ozarks
#5 Smokey Mountains
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Atlanta

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Georgia’s largest city

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Miami

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famous for:

  • tourism
  • retirement centres
  • South Beach
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St. Petersburg

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a retirement centre that grew in the 1980’s

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New Orleans

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French city located below sea level

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Houston

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4th largest city America

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Fort Worth, Dallas

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metroplex, two large cities next to each other

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San Antonio

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bilingual city

famous for:

  • river walk
  • Alamo

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