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Geography Investigation: Elevation in the Southeast

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Louisiana

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Mississippi Alabama

Florida

Georgia

SouthCarolina

NorthCarolina

Virginia

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Discuss the four Geography Investigation questions below.

1. What elevation is shown in dark green? In light green? In orange?

2. What mountain ranges are shown on the map?

3. In which colored area would you most want to live? Why?

4. Describe one way in which you think elevation affects life in the Southeast.

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Geography Investigation: Rivers and Ocean of the Southeast

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Discuss the four Geography Investigation questions below.

1. How many states in the Southeast have borders that are rivers? 2. What large bodies of water are to the south and east of the Southeast region?

3. On the placard, trace a water route with your finger that would allow you to visit every state in the Southeast region.

4. Describe one way in which you think the rivers and the ocean affect life in the Southeast.

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James River

Roanoke River

St. Johns River

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Tombigbee River

Pearl River

Red River

Arkansas River

Chattahoochee River

Sabine River

Ohio River

Arkansas

Louisiana

Kentucky

Tennessee

MississippiAlabama

Florida

Georgia

SouthCarolina

NorthCarolina

Virginia

WestVirginia

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Discuss the four Geography Investigation questions below.

1. Where are the mountains and the plains located on this map?

2. At the fall line, waterfalls are formed where there is a quick drop in elevation. How many cities are on or near the fall line on this map?

3. Why do you think so many cities were built near waterfalls on the fall line?

4. Describe one way in which you think the fall line affects life in the Southeast.

Geography Investigation: The Fall Line in the Southeast

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Louisiana

Kentucky

Tennessee

Mississippi Alabama

Florida

GeorgiaSouth

Carolina

NorthCarolina

Virginia

WestVirginia

Montgomery Columbus

Macon

Columbia

Raleigh

Richmond

Washington, D.C.

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Geography Investigation: Natural Resources of the Southeast

Discuss the four Geography Investigation questions below.

1. In which state in the Southeast might you find the most coal? Iron? Oil?

2. Where do you find the most manufacturing in the Southeast—near cities or farms?

3. What sorts of jobs would you expect to find in the Southeast?

4. Describe one way in which you think natural resources affect life in the Southeast.

Cattle and sheep

Dairy farming

Forest

General farming

Manufacturing

Little-used land

Coal

Iron ore

Oil ornatural gas

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Arkansas

Louisiana

Kentucky

Tennessee

Mississippi

Alabama

Florida

Georgia

SouthCarolina

NorthCarolina

Virginia

WestVirginia

Nashville

LittleRock Birmingham

Atlanta

Mobile

NewOrleans

Charlotte

Greensboro

Norfolk

Richmond

Miami

Tampa

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Geography Investigation: Growing Seasons in the Southeast

Discuss the four Geography Investigation questions below.

1. What does dark green on the map represent? Light green? Yellow? Orange?

2. Cotton plants need a six-month growing season. Where in the Southeast might cotton not grow well?

3. Why do you think so many oranges are grown in Florida?

4. Describe one way in which you think the lengthy growing season affects life in the Southeast.

300 days or more

240–300 days

180–240 days

120–180 days

Number of days plantscan grow each year

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Gulf of Mexico

Arkansas

Louisiana

Kentucky

Tennessee

Mississippi Alabama

Florida

Georgia

SouthCarolina

NorthCarolina

Virginia

WestVirginia

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Geography Investigation: Dangerous Weather in the Southeast

Discuss the four Geography Investigation questions below.

1. What weather event do you see in this picture?

2. What is the dark, vertical object in the center of the photograph?

3. What do you think people in this location might have experienced at the time this photograph was taken?

4. Describe one way in which you think the type of weather event shown in this picture affects life in the Southeast.