CH 4 Lesson 1-US East of the Mississippi River

Question 1

What do we call smaller rivers that feed water into larger rivers?

Accepted Answer

tributaries

Question 2

Which sub-region is nicknamed The Breadbasket?

Accepted Answer

Midwest

Question 3

Where do the Appalachian Mountains start and end?

Accepted Answer

Alabama to Canada

Question 4

Rivers are often used to form what type of divisions?

Accepted Answer

political boundaries

Question 5

Which is NOT a major body of water in the eastern US?

Accepted Answer

Arkansas River

Question 6

What 2 parallel mountain ranges are contained in the Appalachian Mountain range?

Accepted Answer

Blue Ridge Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains

Question 7

Best resource in eastern US?

Accepted Answer

farmland

Question 8

Between which two states is Washington D.C. located?

Accepted Answer

Maryland & Virginia

Question 9

Main mineral resources in the eastern US?

Accepted Answer

iron ore & coal

Question 10

Two major Landforms East of the Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Coastal Plains, Appalachian Mountains

Question 11

What is the oldest mountain range east of the Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

Appalachian

Question 12

A ___ is an embankment built along rivers to control flooding

Accepted Answer

levee

Question 13

a smaller river that flows into a larger river

Accepted Answer

tributary

Question 14

On what river is Washington D.C. located?

Accepted Answer

Potomac

Question 15

What do we call the long, low cliffs running parallel to the Atlantic coast?

Accepted Answer

fall line

Question 16

The US is divided into what 2 regions?

Accepted Answer

East and west of the Mississippi River

Question 17

What major body of water nearly separates the US east and west?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi River

Question 18

Which sub-region is in the northeast corner of the US?

Accepted Answer

New England

Question 19

In which sub-region is Washington D.C. located?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Atlantic

Question 20

Regions divided into smaller parts are called ____

Accepted Answer

sub-regions

Question 21

Into which river do the waters of the Great Lakes flow?

Accepted Answer

St. Lawrence

Question 22

Which sub-region in the east has states surrounding the Great Lakes?

Accepted Answer

Midwest

Question 23

Which sub-region is just south of New England and all of its states border the Atlantic Ocean?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Atlantic

Question 24

Main energy resources in the eastern US?

Accepted Answer

coal, oil, natural gas

Question 25

What ocean borders the eastern U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic

Question 26

For what reason is one sub-region nicknamed The Breadbasket?

Accepted Answer

Most crops for the US are grown there

Question 27

Which sub-region in the east is largest?

Accepted Answer

Southeast

Question 28

Which is not a name of any of the five Great Lakes?

Accepted Answer

Ouachita

Question 29

The United States capital is named after whom?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus & George Washington

Question 30

gated passageway that allows water levels to be raised or lowered for ships

Accepted Answer

lock

CH 4 Lesson 1-US East of the Mississippi River

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CH 4 Lesson 1-US East of the Mississippi River

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