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  • What is jazz?
    A genre of music mostly created by African Americans in the southeast
  • What is growing season?
    The time of the year when temperatures are warm enough for plants to grow
  • What are some effects of big hurricanes?
    Buildings destroyed, storm surge, people killed, damage to homes and businesses
  • What is agribusiness?
    Farming as an industry
  • How would you describe the climate of the Southeast?
    Mild; with a warm summer and above average winter
  • What is a fossil fuel?
    A nonrenewable resource formed over millions of years from remains of plants or animals
  • Name 3 states in the Southeast
    Virgina, West Virgina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida
  • What is an endangered species?
    A plant or animal that is in danger of disappearing
  • What is livestock?
    Animals raised for sale
  • How has the economy of the Southeast changed?
    Less industrial work, more people in services, banking and medical research
  • In what year did the French settle in New Orleans?
    1718
  • What is hydroelectric power?
    Electricity generated from the force of falling water
  • Name 3 resources of the Southeast
    Coal, oil, natural gas, fish, wood
  • What is an evacutation?
    When people are moved away from an area because of danger, for example a flood or hurricane
  • Why are some textile manufacturers located in the Southeast?
    States like Georgia and Alabama still grow a lot of cotton
  • What is a hurricane?
    A powerful storm that forms over water (i.e. oceans)
  • What is the largest river in the US, which passes through the Southeast?
    The Mississippi River
  • What was the name of the very powerful hurricane that hit New Orleans in 2005?
    Katrins
  • What is emancipation, and when did it happen?
    The freeing of slaves, in 1863