What natural resource was heavily extracted from the Appalachian region, particularly in West Virginia and Pennsylvania?
  • Coal
The term “Appalachia” is often used to refer to which aspect of the region?
  • Its distinct cultural and economic characteristics
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, part of the Appalachians, is located in which states?
  • Tennessee and North Carolina
The Appalachian Mountains served as a natural barrier to early colonial expansion westward, What was this event called?
  • The Proclamation of 1763