Physical Landscapes
What physical landscape leis between the Rio Grande in the south and the delta of the Mackenzie River?
The Great Plains
Alaska's climate is cold and dry. True or False?
True
What were the Choctaw Indians known for?
Fierce warriors, great farmers, and skilled trainers.
When did the Westward Expansion begin?
1803
Was there more growth west or east of the Mississippi River?
West
What mountain range forms the cordilleran backbone of the great upland system that dominates western North America?
The Rocky Mountains
What climate does Hawaii have?
Tropical
Why did the Native Americans move west?
The Native Americans moved west because of white settlers who moved there forced them out.
Did the Louisiana Territory help double the size of the nation at the time?
Yes!
Erosion is a not a problem in the west. True or False?
False
What range is covered with highly folded and disrupted sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?
The Olympic Mountains
Idaho has a humid continental climate. True or False?
False
Because white settlers were growing cotten in the Native American land, did the government force them to leave?
Yes!
Thomas Jefferson negotiated a treaty with France to buy what territory?
Louisiana Territory
The west had experiences of a variety of natural disasters. True or False?
True
What is an isolated eroded mountain region in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming?
The Black Hills
What states have a humid subtropical climate?
Oklahoma, Arkansaw, and Louisiana.
What tribe was known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle, and wandering the Great Plains?
The Sioux Tribe.
The expansion helped include farther railroads. True or False?
True
What large number of people settled in Utah in the mid 1800?
Mormons
What physical landscape is from Mt. Shasta in northern California to British Columbia in the north?
The Cascades
Heavy rains give which states a marine west coast climate?
California, Oregon, and Washington.
Who were the first American tribes what first settlers in the west?
The Sioux, Choctaw, and Osage
Thomas Jefferson believed that the nations future did not depend on the westward expansion. True or False?
False
What major challenge made people loose their houses as well as food and water?
The Dust Bowl