Land and Regions
Bodies of Water
Climate and Vegetation Regions
Using the Land
Where People Live and Work
100
Landforms
What are physical features on the Earth's surface, such as plains, mountains, hills, and valleys?
100
Tide
What is the regular rise and fall of an ocean and bodies of water connected to it?
100
Is this statement True or False? There is an unlimited supply of fresh water.
False
100
modify
What vocabulary word means to change?
100
Crossroads
What is a place that connects people, goods, and ideas called?
200
mountain range
What is a group of connected mountains?
200
current
What is that part of a body of water flowing in a certain direction called?
200
humidity
What is the amount of moisture in the air called?
200
irrigation
What is the use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water to dry areas?
200
Political Region
What is a region called based on what government people share?
300
piedmont
What is an area at or near the foot of a mountain?
300
tributary
What is a stream or a river that flows into a larger stream or river called?
300
arid
What is another word for dry? (vocabulary word)
300
Renewable resources can be made again and nonrenewable resources cannot be made again.
What is the difference between nonrenewable resources and renewable resources?
300
Economic Region
What is a region called that is based on the work people do or the products they make?
400
basin
What is a low, bowl-shaped land with higher ground all around it?
400
Is the following statement True or False? Both tributaries and drainage basins refer to rivers.
True
400
forest, grassland, desert, and tundra
What are the four main vegetation regions in the United States?
400
Landforms and Climate
What two factors influence how we use land?
400
Metropolitan Area
What is a large city and the suburbs around it called?
500
Interior Plains
What is the region called that extends across most of the center of the United States?
500
Rio Grande
What is the river called that forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico?
500
Climate
What varies from place to place in the western United States because it is much more mountainous?
500
Natural Resource
What is something found in nature that people can use called?
500
Near water or on major transporation routes
Where are most of the large cities located?
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