Vocab
Waterways
Landforms
Climate
Natural Resources
100
What are natural feature on Earth's surface?
Landforms
100
In what ways has the Mississippi river affected the settlement patterns in the US?
In the early settlement times of North America, many cultures settled near the Mississippi River for trading. The Mississippi is now a large river that stretches across the USA. It used to be a large waterway for trading cultures. The cultures traded things like cast-iron pots, clothing, guns, and even recipes! This created widespread diversity among the region that is known as the USA.
100
How do the rocky mountains affect settlement patterns?
People went there for good game hunting. The land was not suitable for farming, it was either too hot or too drie, or too cold. The rigid land affected transportation.
100
How does the climate in Iowa affect the settlement patterns?
Iowas climate keeps people away because of its deadly tornadoes, high humidity, and its unpredictable temperatures ranging from 100 degrees to -18 degrees.
100
How does gold affect settlement patterns?
Several gold rushers brought many prospectors to colorodo, idaho, montana, and british colombia to get rich from gold.
200
What are the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period of time?
Climate
200
How does the St. Lawrence River affect the settlement patterns?
The river is a good source of fish, crops, and game animals which came to the river for water.
200
How do the Appalachian mounts affect settlement patterns?
The Appalachian mountains attract many people because of its great veins lots of wildlife and its game animals, but it rejects many people because of its rocky terrain high altitudes and lots of humidity.
200
How does the climate in alaska affect settlement patterns?
Alaska's climate scares so many people away because of it extremely cold temperatures reaching to -60 degrees and it has short cool summers. But some people are attracted to it because of its beautiful wildlife and great views.
200
How does copper affect settlement patterns?
Copper is used mainly in construction, and is also used in a lot of electronic objects. In the early 2000's the price of copper went up and a lot of people went and tried to make some of that profit.
300
What is a river, canal, or other route to travel by water?
Waterways
300
How does the Nelson River affect the settlement patterns?
People tended to stay along the river and used it for trading. Lately the river has become very dirty and there are tons of erosion which is making the river unsafe so people having been moving away from it as it has become pretty deadly with all of the flooding it has caused.
300
How do the great plains affect settlement patterns?
Many people moved there for pasture for for their agriculture. People try not to live in the great plains because it has very cold and harsh winters and very hot and humid summers. There are very dusty dust storms. They have extended periods of drought. It is the most tornado active area in the world.
300
How does the climate of texas affect settlement patterns?
Texas climate drive people away because of its long droughts and tornadoes but many people live in Texas because of its year round warm climate.
300
How does iron affect settlement patterns?
Iron was used to make many things like beads, jewelry, weapons and tools. Iron was rarer than gold and silver.
400
What are materials and substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for an economic gain?
Natural Resources
400
How does the Missouri River affect settlement patterns?
Many people are able to transport goods, get hydraulic power from it, provides one fourth of all agricultural land, provides one third of the countries wheat, flax, barley and oats.
400
How does the Mojave desert affect settlement patterns?
THe mojave is too hot to farm. It has limited water access. It does not have good land for live stock, which is why many people don't live here.
400
How does the climate in Yukon affect the settlement patterns?
Yukon attacks people because its nice warm summers at an average temperature of 74 degrees, but it turns people away because of its cold winters averaging at -24 degrees and its super dry summers.
400
How does silver affect settlement patterns?
Silver was second only to gold, people could use silver for many different things like utensils, jewelry, tray, money.
500
What is the the nature of the distribution of settlements?
Settlement Patterns
500
How does the Mackenzie River affect settlement patterns?
The Mackenzie River is a major transportation link through the vast wilderness of northern Canada. The river is a way of linking the small scattered towns.
500
How does the grand canyon affect settlement patterns?
Settling on higher ground was more successful than living on lower ground in the grand canyon. By living on the ground there are many destructive floods and causes loss of many crops to the people who live there.
500
How does the climate in Manitoba affect the settlement patterns?
The climate of Manitoba is very attracting to people because it has a moderate humidity, not to hot during summer (about 77 degrees) and the winters are about 14 degrees on average but things that make people not like it are it has frequent blizzards and tornadoes.
500
How does the coal in canada affect settlement patterns?
The transcontinental railroad lines booming along with the discovery of the coal, many people came for the coal and railroad wealth.
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