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| What type of weather is the Southeast known for? |
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| What extreme weather is the Southeast known for? |
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| A hurricane is a huge tropical storm that brings heavy rain and high winds. |
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| What kind of damage can a hurricane cause? |
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| A hurricane can destroy trees and buildings. It can also flood the entire region. |
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| The --- of southern Florida is covered with swamps and marshes. |
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| What are the wetlands of southern Florida referred to as? |
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| A --- is an area of high land near the foot of a mountain. |
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| --- is a mixture of materials that are added to the soil to make it more fertile. |
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| How did the Native Americans of the Southeast use natural resources to survive? |
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| They used soil to grow corn, beans, and other crops. They made homes and canoes from trees. They used wood, stones and animal bones to make tools and weapons. They ate the animals they hunted. They used rivers for drinking water, as well as for food and transportation. |
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| The --- Indian tribe lived in the Appalachian regions of the Southeast in the 1500s. |
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| --- was the Native American that developed the Cherokee writing system. |
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| --- was the European settlement which was established in the 17th century. |
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| Large farms, known as ---, were developed by European settlers. |
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| The purpose of most plantations in the Southeast were to grow --- crops. |
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Examples of cash crops of the Southeast include
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| The Appalachian Mountains were difficult to cross until the --- --- was discovered. |
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| The --- --- was a path built by clearing trees through the Cumberland Gap for Wagons. |
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| --- --- was one of those that helped clear the path for the Wilderness Road. |
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| When did the Wilderness Road open? |
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| The --- --- was a plan to keep a balance between the free and slave states that were allowed to have slaves. |
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| --- --- helped plan and negotiate the Missouri Compromise in Congress. |
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| The Missouri Compromise state that --- would join the United States as a slave state. |
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| The Missouri Compromise state that --- would join the United States as a free state. |
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| When --- was elected president the South feared that he would try to end slavery in all of the states. |
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| The 11 Southern states --- from the Union and formed a new Country called the Confederate States of America. |
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| --- led the Confederate army. |
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| A --- war is a war fought between groups of people fromt he same country. |
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| How did the lives of most African Americans in the Southeast change? |
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| They were freed from slavery. Some moved to cities to find jobs. Many stayed to raise crops on land they rented. |
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| A good that is brought into a country from another country is called an ---. |
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| An --- is a good shipped from one country to be sold in another. |
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| --- allow people to sell their goods and to get goods from other countries. |
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| --- is a city that grew around a port along the Gulf of Mexico. |
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