BJU Cultural Geography Chapter 8

A sprawling urban area made up of many different cities is a metropolis.

• True

• False

Nine of the original thirteen colonies were in the Northeast.

• True

• False

Maine is the largest of the New England states in area.

• True

• False

Vermont was once divided between New York and Maine.

• True

• False

New Jersey is called the “Garden State” because of its productive truck farms.

• True

• False

West Virginia was created from federal territory unclaimed by Revolutionary War veterans before the outbreak of the Civil War.

• True

• False

Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave is one of the largest caves in the world.

• True

• False

Tennessee was once three separate states, as its three-starred flag indicates.

• True

• False

The largest percentage of black people lives in the Deep South.

• True

• False

South Carolina actually produces more peaches than Georgia, which is nicknamed the “Peach State.”

• True

• False