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Name 5 Pacific States
Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska
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Name 6 Mountain states
Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah
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What do they grow in the Central Valley?
150 types of fruits and vegetables
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Lowest place in U.S. highest place
Death Valley Mt. Mckinley
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Where is Central VAlley
between the Sierra Nevada and Coastal Ranges
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driest Place in U.S. wettest place
Death Valley Mount Waialeale
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coldest and hottest place in U.S.
coldest---Northern Alaska hottest---Death Valley
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Why is the central valley a good agricultural area?
long growing season, flat fertile land, can be irrigated
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What is irrigation?
Bringing water to a dry land
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What is canal?
an inland waterway built for transportation
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Explain migrant farm worker
People who travel from farm to farm to pick crops
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2 important rivers in the west
Sacramento River and San Joaquin River
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Which ocean touches 5 western states?
Pacific
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Name the main group of mountains in the west
Rockies
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Explain Continental Divide
Highest peak in the rockies rain flows to atlantic or pacific
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what is a basin
What is a low bowl shaped landform surrounded by higher land
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what are krummholz trees
bent twisted small trees near the timberline
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What are lichens?
small moss-like plants that like the cold above timberline
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Name 3 types of evergreen trees
redwood, sequois, pine, fir, spruce, hemlock
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What is a faller? What is a feller-buncher?
person who cuts down trees; someone who cuts and stacks logs
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What is a skyline yarder?
metal cables that lift logs out of a the forest to a road...like a ski lift for logs
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Explain deforestation
cutting down an entire forest; not done anymore
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Name 6 industries of the West
logging; fruits & vegtables; oil; computers; mining; movies & tv
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where is the world's largest rainforest? What is the capital of Brazil?
Amazon Rainforest in Brazil in South America; Brasilia
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Who was Chico Mendes? What is latex?
Tried to save rainforests and was shot in 1988; thick white sap from rubber trees, rubber
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