Southeast Region Study Guide

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Everglades National Park

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It's home to over 300 species of birds and many wild animals.🐤🐤🐤🐸🐸🐦🐦🐊🐊

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JFK space center at cape canaveral

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It's the home of the space shuttle because they launch from here.🚀🚀🚀

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Jamestown, Virginia

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It was the first permanent English settlement. It was a horrible spot and many people died. Eventually, growing ans selling tobacco helped.

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Appalachia

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Coal is a natural resource found I'm Appalachia that is used to heat home and provide electricity. Bluegrass music comes from here.

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Memphis, Tennessee

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It's a center of the Mississippi delta, where cotton grew very well. It's e home of the blues music because slaves sand about their sorrows.

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New Orleans, Louisiana

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It was settle by French-Canadian settlers called "Acadians" that was later shortened to Cajuns. It's the home of jazz and Cajun music.

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Oil rig the Gulf of Mexico

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Oil rigs pump oil,called petroleum out of well in the ocean floor. We use oil to heat our home and fuel our cars. We also make many products called petrochemicals from oil.

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Natchez, Mississippi

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Much of the southeast region was damaged and destroyed during the civil war. Natchez was not. You can still visit beautiful plantation homes there.

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Montgomery Alabama

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African Americans fought hard for equal rights in the southeast region. This fight called civil rights. Mart hour Luther kind led a peaceful protest against bus segregation in Montgomery Alabama.

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Swamp

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Low area of land that is covered by water.

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Delta

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A triangle-shaped area of land at the end of a river.

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Strip Mine

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A place where minerals are scraped from the surface of that land.💎💎💎

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Segregation

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The separation of people because of race.👲👳👵👴👱👩👨

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Petroleum

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A thick,black,oily substance found underground.⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️