Natural Resources and Industry in the Southeast Region
Activity 3
 
 

1.    What types of industry take place in the Coastal Plain?
 
 

2.    What does an outstanding business in the Appalachain Mountains?

 

3.    What products are manufactured in the Appalachain Mountains?

 

4.    What 3 products are manufactured in the Piedmont Plateau?
 
 

5.    Name 15 products made from trees.
 
 

6.    What is North Carolina known for?
 
 

7.    What percent of all furniture manufactured in the U.S. comes from
       North Carolina?
 
 

8.    Which state in the Southeast Region is the leading agriculutral state?
 
 
 

9.   Florida is ranked among the top 10 states for seafood production.
      Florida fisherman catch more than 90% of the nations supply of what?
 

 

10.    How many dinners does Florida's fishing industry provide each year?
 
 

11.    What is coal used for?
 
 

12.    What were the 5 leading coal producing states in 1998? (click on economy and economic impact)
 
 

13.    What are the economic impacts of all mining nationwide? (click on economy and economic impact)
 
 
 

14.    What is today's steel industry supplying steel for?
 
 

15.    Lousiana has the greatest concentration of what?
 
 

16.    How does Lousiana rank in the production of petroleum?
 
 

17.    Petroleum is very important to the petrochemical industry. What products are produced in
         Louisiana?