Question 1

Gumbo is a food that comes from

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Louisiana

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Florida

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North Carolina

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West Virginia

Question 2

What is hydroelectric power?

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electricity produced by moving water

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power produce by the sun

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electricity produced by the wind

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another name for nuclear power

Question 3

What is mining?

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the process of removing ore or minerals from the ground

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getting power from natural resources

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having rich soil and plenty of rain

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using oil to make gasoline, chemicals, plants, plastic, and others

Question 4

What is the major crop in the South?

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peanuts

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wheat

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pineapples

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grapes

Question 5

What is the delta?

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an area of land formed when water drops silt near the end of a river

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a dry area where few plants grow

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low land between hills and mountains

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land mostly surrounded by water but connected to the mainland

Question 6

Houston, Cape Canaveral, Florida and Texas are major centers of

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the space industry

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agriculture

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the mining industry

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the textile industry

Question 7

What is the climate like in the South?

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mostly warm and wet, drier to the west

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warm, wet winters and cool, dry summers

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hot and dry all year long

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very cold winters and very hot summers

Question 8

Which is a major waterways of the South?

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the Mississippi River

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the Missouri River

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the Ohio River

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the Snake River

Question 9

What is a hurricane?

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a powerful storm with very strong winds and heavy rain

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a violent snowstorm with very cold winds and large amounts of snow

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frozen raindrops that fall during severe thunderstorms

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a strong whirling column of air seen as a funnel shaped cloud

Question 10

Which is NOT an animal found in the South?

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grizzly bear

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red wolf

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Spanish moss

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pine forests

Question 11

What is a mission?

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a place for teaching religion

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a place where Europeans were forced to live

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good farmland

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a place to teach others new ways of farming

Question 12

A civil war is a war in which

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two parts of a country fight against each other

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nations fight against each other over land

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two countries fight against each other

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one continent goes to battle with another continent

Question 13

Who were the first Europeans to come to the South?

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the Spanish came in the 1500s

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the Germans came in the 1400s

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the French came in the 1300s

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the English came in the 1200s

Question 14

When and how did Africans come to the South?

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They were forced to come as enslaved people, beginning in the 1619

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They came with the Spanish settlers in the 1500s

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They came with French settlers from Canada in 1755

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They came to fight in the Civil War in the 1800s

Question 15

Which is NOT a way the early Native Americans used the land of the South?

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They built large cities by the ocean

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they used material from nature to build homes

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they hunted and fished

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they cleared the forest to plant crops

Question 16

The wetland is

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a place where the ground is soaked with water for at least part of the year

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a nice place to have a picnic with your family

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a place to go swimming in the summer

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a place to plant crops of food

Question 17

An endangered species is

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a kind of plant or animal that is in danger of dying out completely

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a new plant that has been found

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a new animal species

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tress that have been infested with bugs

Question 18

What are some three reasons people move to the South?

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the climate is mild, the cost of living is low and there are many jobs

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the music is good, the climate is wet and warm, and the farming is great

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the wetlands are there, there are many jobs and the transportation is good

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the climate is hot, the cost of living is, and there are not many different kinds of people

Question 19

What are the different kinds of music in the South?

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jazz, blues, ragtime, bluegrass, zydeco, country and western

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zydeco, opera, hip hop, R&B, ragtime

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hip hop, jazz, country, and bluegrass

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opera, jazz, rap, R&B, ragtime, bluegrass

Question 20

Who are the groups of people who settled in the South?

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Native Americans, Spanish, French, English, and Africans

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Spanish, Native Americans, and Africans

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French, English and Spanish

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Germans, Spanish, Africans and Native Americans

Question 21

Ground water is

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water beneath the surface of the earth

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water that is from rain on top of the ground

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water that is on top of the ground

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water from rain or snow that makes ponds

Question 22

A space shuttle is

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a special kind of spacecraft that can be used again and again.

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a special spacecraft that can only be used once

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a special spacecraft that can only be used twice

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a special spacecraft that can be used three time and then destroyed

Question 23

An astronaut is

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a person that is specially trained to travel into space,  operate the space shuttle, conduct scientific experiments in outer space, and launch satellites

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a person who takes pictures of land

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a person that takes pictures of space shuttles

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a person that is not trained but travels out into space

Question 24

A bayou is

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a very slow moving stream that flows through a swamp

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a small pond like body of water

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a fast moving stream that flows through a swamp

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a slow moving stream that flows through rivers

Question 25

What are some of the states of the South?

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Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama

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Iowa, Maine, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ohio

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Kansas, Nebraska, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Delaware

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Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia

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