The Great Lakes & The Mississippi
Different Elevations
Natural Resources
Natural Hazards/Climate
Miscellaneous
100

The Great Lakes are connected to each other. True or False

True

100
This region isn't great for farming, but has lots of iron ore and copper
What is the Canadian Shield?
100
The Great Plains are known for its fertile soil, leading to this kind of natural resource
What is crops?
100
Parts of Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Arkansas are located in this "alley"
What is Tornado Alley?
100
An apiarist handles what insect?

bees

200
This seaway allows ships from the Great Lakes to travel to the Atlantic Ocean
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway.
200
The direction that the elevation of the United States rises.
What is East to West?
200
Iron Ore, Copper, and Gold can all be found in this Northern Region of North America
What is the Canadian Shield?
200
This would be a great word to describe the climate of North America
What is Diverse?
200
Being joined together inside of a common boundary
What is contiguous?
300

The river that provides cheap transportation to landlocked cities

What is the Mississippi River?

300
These are found between mountain ranges in the Western United States
What are plateaus and canyons?
300
Both Alaska and Texas are rich in this kind of natural resource
What is oil?
300
In California, many cities worry about this kind of Natural Disaster due to a nearby fault line.
What is an Earthquake?
300

Acrophobia is the fear of what???

high places

400

How many states does the Mississippi River drain?

31

400
Parallel mountain ranges
What is a cordillera?
400
Lots of coal can be found in these eastern mountains
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
400
This happens when there is very little water for an extended period of time.
What is a drought?
400
A string of large connected cities or communities all in a row
What is a Megalopolis?
500

The Great Lakes are an example of this kind of lake

What is a Glacial Lake?

500

This is the high point that determines the direction that rivers flow.

What is a continental divide?

500

In this eastern landform region, there are good harbor cities, as well as fertile soil for farming.

What is the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

500
Most people in the United States live in this kind of climate.
What is Temperate?
500
This major landform was carved out of the Colorado Plateau
What is the Grand Canyon?
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