North American Geography Quiz 4
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U.S. Population density east of the Mississippi
\-Cherokees
\-Choctaws
\-Creeks
\-Chicksaws
\-Seminoles
\-English
\-Scottish
\-Irish
\-Choctaws
\-Creeks
\-Chicksaws
\-Seminoles
\-English
\-Scottish
\-Irish
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Mountain recreation and tourism
\-Zip lining
\-Hiking
\-Bridge jumping
\-Dollywood
\-Hiking
\-Bridge jumping
\-Dollywood
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Humid sub-tropical climate
\-Southern Appalachians affect local climate
\-Winters generally mild
\-Winters generally mild
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Precipitation in the Southern Appalachians
\-Abundant precipitaion
\-Heaviest in spring and summer
\-Flooding, can drop 2' water or more in a few days
\-Heaviest in spring and summer
\-Flooding, can drop 2' water or more in a few days
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Weather events
\-Hurricanes
\-Tornadoes
\-Floods
\-Tornadoes
\-Floods
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Hurricanes
Bring copious amounts of rain in late simmer and early fall.
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Tornadoes
Occur regularly, especially in flat regions of central Mississippi and Alabama
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Floods
\-Loss of life
\-Property damage
\-Wash away crops and soil
\-Made worse by deforestation
\-Property damage
\-Wash away crops and soil
\-Made worse by deforestation
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Flash floods
\-Steep topography & high amounts of annual rainfall
\-Exaggerated run-off due to logging & mining (deforestation/vegetation removal)
\-Washout Agricultural crops
\-Exaggerated run-off due to logging & mining (deforestation/vegetation removal)
\-Washout Agricultural crops
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Tennessee Valley Authority
\-Created in the 1930’s to control flooding on the Tennessee River (also hydroelectric power)
\-Installed series of dam, artificial lakes and reservoirs.
\-Installed series of dam, artificial lakes and reservoirs.
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Energy resources
\-Oil/ natural gas
\-Coal
\-Coal
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Fossil Fuels
Come from the remains of plants and animals buried millions years ago
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Oil/ natural gas
Formed from marine algae and plankton
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Coal
Formed from terrestrial plants
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Coal deposits in the U.S.
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Mining
\-Non-renewable energy resource
\-Air pollution: Carbon emissions
\-Landscape changes
\-Runoff
\-Labor conditions
\-Surface mining
\-Shaft Mining
\-Air pollution: Carbon emissions
\-Landscape changes
\-Runoff
\-Labor conditions
\-Surface mining
\-Shaft Mining
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Surface mining
Method of extracting minerals near the surface of the Earth
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Shaft mining
Involves driving vertical shafts into the earth
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Mountain top removal
Humans as geomorphic agents when digging up coal resources
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Mitigation
Actions that limit, stop or reverse adverse affects of human activities on the environment
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Labor conditions of coal miners
\-Unsafe
\-Sickness
\-Death
\-Sickness
\-Death
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Health and income linkages
\-Health: Obesity, diabetes, cancer
\-The lower the income the less healthy
\-The lower the income the less healthy
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Health determinantes
\-Birth defects
\- Cancer
\-Respiratory disease
\-COPD
\-Respiratory symptoms
\-Life expectancy
\-Tooth loss
\-Cardiovascular disease
\-Coronary heart disease
\-Heart attack morbidity
\-Heart disease mortality
\-Kidney disease mortality
\- Cancer
\-Respiratory disease
\-COPD
\-Respiratory symptoms
\-Life expectancy
\-Tooth loss
\-Cardiovascular disease
\-Coronary heart disease
\-Heart attack morbidity
\-Heart disease mortality
\-Kidney disease mortality
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Mining disasters
\-Farmington Disaster
\-Massey Energy’s Coal Waster/ Slurry Impoundment Failure
\-Sago Mine Disaster
\-Massey Energy’s Coal Waster/ Slurry Impoundment Failure
\-Sago Mine Disaster
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Socts-Irish settlements
\-Appalachia
\-Gone with the wind
\-Gone with the wind
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Native American nations
\-Cherokees
\-Choctaws
\-Creeks
\-Chicksaws
\-Seminoles
\-Choctaws
\-Creeks
\-Chicksaws
\-Seminoles
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“The Great Migration”
\-Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863
\-Northern migration for work
\-Northern migration for work
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Slavery
English Settlers developed plantation agriculture ( cotton, tobacco, rice, indigo), but this type of agriculture requires a large labor force.
\-Several million African slaves
The practice of slavery was (in-part) what led to Secession of the confederate states & the Civil War
\-Several million African slaves
The practice of slavery was (in-part) what led to Secession of the confederate states & the Civil War
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Post-bellum sharecropping
Freed Slaves were granted tenancy & sharecropping, ideally, to prosper, but Jim Crow laws created barriers to this
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Jim Crow laws
Laws relegated African Americans to second-class citizenship and poverty
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Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma.
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Appalachia language dialect
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation
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The Bible Belt
Prominent Denominations
\-Methodist
\-Baptist
\-Pentecostal
\-Non-Denominational
\-The Wacky: Snake charmers
\-Methodist
\-Baptist
\-Pentecostal
\-Non-Denominational
\-The Wacky: Snake charmers
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Music landscapes
\-Gospel
\-Country/ Bluegrass
\-R&B
\-Rock n’ Roll
\-Southern Rock
\-Country/ Bluegrass
\-R&B
\-Rock n’ Roll
\-Southern Rock
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Nascar
\-Started with moonshine
\-Made faster cars
\-Started racing them
\-Made faster cars
\-Started racing them
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Virginia
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West Virginia
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Kentucky
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North Carolina
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South Carolina
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Georgia
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Alabama
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Mississippi
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Louisiana
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Arkansas
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Missouri
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Pennsylvania
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Oklahoma
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Texas
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The Piedmont
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Atlantic Coastal Plain
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Gulf Coastal Plain
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North America Central Lowland (Mississippi Delta)
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Appalachian Mountains
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Ozark Mountains
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Ouachita Mountains
