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What is a type of sailing ship used by early explorers?
What is a type of sailing ship used by early explorers?
Caravel
What is the lower 48?
What is the lower 48?
All the states, except Alaska and Hawaii
Why do people visit America?
Why do people visit America?
Answers will vary: natural beauty, resources, diverse landforms...
What is the name of the U.S. waterway that empties into New York harbor?
What is the name of the U.S. waterway that empties into New York harbor?
The Hudson River
In what 4 states are the Ozark Highlands located?
In what 4 states are the Ozark Highlands located?
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
How many geographic regions make up the United States?
How many geographic regions make up the United States?
Seven
What region does not get much rain?
What region does not get much rain?
Western Plateau
What is the name of the region that stretches from Washington to Mexico?
What is the name of the region that stretches from Washington to Mexico?
Pacific Coastal Plains
What is the name of the region that seems to get more hurricanes than the other regions?
What is the name of the region that seems to get more hurricanes than the other regions?
Atlantic Coastal Plain
What is the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains?
What is the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains?
Interior Plains
What are the hills before you enter the mountains called?
What are the hills before you enter the mountains called?
Foothills
The Appalachian Mountains run from ___________________ to Maine.
The Appalachian Mountains run from ___________________ to Maine.
Alabama
Where are the Rocky Mountains located?
Where are the Rocky Mountains located?
From Canada through central New Mexico
What is the purpose of the Continental Divide?
What is the purpose of the Continental Divide?
To mark a point in the Rocky Mountains where rivers flow east or west
What is the longest mountain chain in the Americas?
What is the longest mountain chain in the Americas?
Rocky Mountains
What is a region?
What is a region?
Part of a country or area of land
What is commerce?
What is commerce?
The exchange of goods
What are goods?
What are goods?
Things you make or grow to sell
What is diversity?
What is diversity?
Answers will vary.
What is the name for topographical landforms that include mountains, hill, plateaus, etc.?
What is the name for topographical landforms that include mountains, hill, plateaus, etc.?
Physical features
Weather over a long period of time is _____________________.
Weather over a long period of time is _____________________.
Climate
What is the name of the first ocean-going European ship?
What is the name of the first ocean-going European ship?
Caravel
What is another name for the Western Plateau?
What is another name for the Western Plateau?
Great Basin
Why does a community produce or make things?
Why does a community produce or make things?
To trade for things it cannot produce
Name at least two reasons that made the caravel unique.
Name at least two reasons that made the caravel unique.
Answers will vary - Must include two of the following: it had triangular sails, it could travel in shallow water, and/or it sailed more directly into the wind and was very fast
Name at least three of the special features of the Pacific Coast region.
Name at least three of the special features of the Pacific Coast region.
Answers will vary - Must include three of the following: two active volcanoes, mountains right next to the ocean, giant redwoods, San Andreas fault, and/or earthquakes
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