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20 Cards in this Set
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Selling goods and services to visitors is called
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tourism
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The state of Florida is a
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pennisula
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A large farm in the South is a
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plantation
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Paper is made from
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wood pulp
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Crude oil is sent where to be changed into gasoline
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refineries
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The American colonies wanted what from England
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independence
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Different kinds of cloth are called
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textiles
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The Americans finally defeated the British at
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Yorktown
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Who led the American army in the Revolution
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George Washington
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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The first English settlers in America founded
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Jamestown
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The land area called the Piedmont contains
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minerals, forests, and farmland
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The Southeast's most important river is the
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Mississippi River
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The main job of the Tennessee Valley Authority is to
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build dams and power plants
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The Southeast is good for farming because of its
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long summers and plentiful rain
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The first English settlement in America was in
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Virginia
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The Declaration of Independence stated the reasons why the colonists wanted
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freedom from England
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Most people in the Southeast work in
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Manufacturing
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What three crops is important to the Southeast?
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Sugar cane, soybeans, and cotton
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The state of Florida is an important center for what?
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tourism
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