Ss ch. 5 Study Guide Know the following definitions

Pass: an opening between high mountains

Resort: a place where people go to relax and have fun

Fall Line: a place where rivers drop from higher to lower land

Pioneer: a person who first settles a new place

Reclaim: to turn something such as land back to its natural condition

Reservoir: the lake that stores water held back by a dam

Wildlife Refuge: an area of land set aside to protect animals and other living things

Aluminum: a metal used to make things that need to be strong and light

Be able to answer questions about a line graph.

Be able to answer the following questions.

1. 
   How did the government help some cities in the Atlantic Coast and Appalachian states grow?
   

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  State capitals were located in some cities in the region.
  
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  The government built some of the nation’s largest military bases in the region.
  
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  The national government is in Washington D.C.
  

2. 
   In which states is coal mining a major industry? West Virginia and Kentucky
   
3. 
   Where did the Europeans first settle in the Atlantic Coast and Appalachian region? Along the coastal plain
   
4. 
   Why is Roanoke often called the, “Lost Colony”? No one knows why the colonist of Roanoke disappeared.
   
5. 
   How did the Tennessee Valley Authority help the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian region grow? It built dams and power plants to supply water and electricity.
   
6. 
   To run machines, early settlers along the fall line used_______________. waterpower
   
7. 
   How did most early settlers cross the Appalachian Mountains to reach present-day Kentucky and Tennessee? By walking or riding wagons through the Cumberland Gap
   
8. 
   In the past, why did many people in Appalachia make most of the things they needed? Because travel and trade were difficult in the mountains
   
9. 
   In a one paragraph essay, explain why many cities in the Atlantic Coast and Appalachian states have grown up along rivers.
   

10. Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina are all called the Atlantic Coast states, and West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee are called the Applalachian states. List four ways those state groups are alike. List two ways that each is different.