Vocabulary
Geography
History
Economy
Give An Example
100
This term means to formally join.
What is annex.
100
This state and Hawaii are not part of the continental United States.
What is Alaska.
100
This empire had more than a dozen colonies along the Atlantic coast.
What is the British Empire.
100
Many southern cities have important economic connections with countries in these close continents.
What is Middle (Central) and South America.
100
Give an example of a region of the United States.
What is the Pacific, the Interior West, the South, the Midwest, and the Northeast.
200
This word means to be able to speak two languages.
What is bilingual
200
Most of the trees in New England are these kinds of trees.
What is a second-growth tree.
200
These kinds of people worked on plantations until after the Civil War.
What are slaves.
200
This region of the US has an economy based around these two kinds of agriculture.
What is the Interior West
200
Give an example of one of the primary industries of the Interior West.
What is ranching (wheat farming)
300
This word describes the states that range from Nebraska to Ohio.
What is the corn belt.
300
The United States has this kind of climate in the north.
What is humid continental.
300
This document is the basis of the United States government.
What is the Constitution.
300
The economy of the South includes these two industries.
What are textile factories and oil refineries.
300
Give an example of a state that is in the Corn belt.
What is Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri.
400
This word defines a territory that is controlled by people from another country.
What is a colony.
400
Much of the Southwest has this kind of climate.
What is a desert climate.
400
These two important challenges are faced by the US.
What are resolving international conflicts and the trade deficit.
400
The economy of the Middle Atlantic states is based on the following industries.
What is coal (manufacturing) (tourism)
400
Give an example of a geographic feature in the US.
What is a mountain, valley, basin, plateau, mesa, plain.
500
This geographical feature divides North American rivers into those that flow east and those that flow west.
What is the Continental Divide.
500
The regions of the United States are the Pacific, the Interior West, the South, the Midwest, and this other area.
What is the northeast.
500
This natural resource is important to the United States.
What is petroleum. (coal) (forests)
500
These people were the first to settle in the Americas.
What is the Aztec (The Inca) (The Maya)
500
Give an example of of how history has influenced today's government and culture.
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