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5th Grade
The Southeast Facts
Question | Answer |
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Capital of Alabama | Montgomery |
Capital of Arkansas | Little Rock |
Capital of Florida | Tallahassee |
Capital of Georgia | Atlanta |
Capital of Kentucky | Frankfort |
Capital of Lousiana | Baton Rouge |
Capital of Mississippi | Jackson |
Capital of North Carolina | Raligh |
Capital of South Carolina | Columbia |
Capital of Tennessee | Nashville |
Capital of Virginia | Richmond |
Capital of West Virginia | Charleston |
Total area of the South East | 533,091 miles |
State with the largest area | Georgia |
State with the smallest area | South Carolina, 31,055 sq miles |
Total population | 65,076,000 |
State with largest population | Florida, 14,653,000 |
State with the smallest population | West Virginia |
Major land areas | Appalachian Mtn, Appalachian Plateau, Atlantic Costal Plain, Blue Ridge Mtns, Gulf Coastal Plain, Interior Low Plateau, Ouachita Mtsn, OZark Plateau, Piedmont |
Lowest Point | New Orleans (5 ft below sea level) |
Highest Point | Mount Mitchell in North Carolina |
Major Rivers | Alabama River, Altamaha River, Arkansas River, Chattahoochee River, Flint River, Kentucky River, Mississippi River, Mobile River, Ohio River, Pearl River, Potomac River, Red River, Roanoke River, Sabine River, Sabahhah River, Tennessee River & Tombigbee R |
Major body of Water | Albemarle Sound, Chesapeak Bay, Guntersville Lake (artificial), Kentucky Lake (artificial), Kerr Reservoir, Lake Cumberland, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Ouachita, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Seminole, Mobile Bay, Pamlico Sound, Roanoke Rapids (artificial) |
Climate in Jan | January average 33 degrees farenhight |
Climate in West Virginia and Florida | Virginia is 67 and 19 c in Florida |
Resources, industries and products | Textiles, chemicals, paper products, furniture, processed foods, electrical equiptment, ship building, coal, iron, oil, natural gas |
Other Resources Industries and products | lumber, cattle, poultry, dairy products, cotton, soy beans, peanuts, corn, apples, rice, sugarcane, tomoatoes |
Trees | Ash, bald cyprus, bay, beech, fir, gum, hickory, maple, oak, pine, spruce, tulip and palm |
Animals | alligators, bears, beavers, bobcats, deer, Florida panthers, foxes, minks, muscrats, opossums, rabbits, skunks, squirrels, weasels, hogs, turkeys and woodchucks. |