True and Key Terms False States and Capitals

True and Key Terms False States and Capitals All Aboard Challenge Questions 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

Define port

A place where ships load and unload their goods

What is the term for thick, black liquid found underground?

petroleum

Define plantation

A large farm, usually worked by many laborers

What is the term for the separation of people because of race, religion, or gender?

segregation

The quilters of Gee’s Bend make abstract quilts. What does abstract mean?

Making use of shapes and patterns, rather than showing people or things as they actually are

The Europeans who first settled in New Orleans came from France.

True

The quilters of Gee’s Bend are Asian Americans.

False – African Americans

Cotton was grown on large swamps.

False- Cotton was grown on plantations.

Oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico are used to access medicine.

False – They are used to get to petroleum (oil. )

The Mississippi River acts as a highway

True!

Richmond

Virginia

Florida

Tallahassee

Baton Rouge

Louisiana

Arkansas

Little Rock

Nashville

Tennessee

Where would you go to see a space shuttle launch?

The Kennedy Space Center

Where would you go to find strip mines?

Appalachia

Where would you go to hear Dixieland music and eat Cajun food?

New Orleans

Which tour stop is known as a birthplace of the blues?

Memphis, Tennessee

Why would you visit Everglades National Park?

To see the many birds and other animals that live there

What happened to the settlers in Jamestown, Virginia?

Many died due to disease and a lack of food.

What is the climate like in the Sunbelt?

Mild climate – usually warm and sunny

What is the coal found in Appalachia used for?

To heat homes and produce electricity

Martin Luther King, Jr. led a protest against what?

segregation

Which tour stop would be the least safe from hurricanes?

New Orleans, Everglades National Park, or Cape Canaveral