Regional Map--- The United States of America
U.S. Physical Characteristics and Climates
Peoples and Cultures and Economics, Environment, and Energy
U.S. A Resource Rich Nation and a Nation of Cities
The North East and South
100
A place or area set up by one country in a new world, the U.S. was one?
Colony
100
These are the different rivers and streams that feed a larger river or stream
Tributaries
100
This is a measurement per person?
Per Capita
100
The ability to choose one’s own business
What is Free Enterprise
100
A super city
What is a Megalopolis
200
The Southern Part of the United States was ____ to us?
Ceded
200
This is an area where rivers, streams, and creeks flow into one stream or ocean
Drainage Basin
200
Someone’s lifestyle is their
Standard of Living
200
A water area that connects two natural forms of water
What is a Canal
200
You would find this swamp in Louisiana, down there with the gators
What is a Bayou
300
This is when we fought against the North
Civil War
300
This is the changes on the surface of a rock, the nicks and cuts?
Striations
300
When someone can read, they show what
What is Literacy
300
Communication by electronics
What is Telecommunication
300
This is the strip between the Carolinas and California that receives mostly warm sunlight most of the time
What is the Sunbelt
400
rise of machinery and textiles in the U.S. and throughout the world
Industrial Revolution
400
This is a point in the country where rivers are made to flow either east or west?
Continental Divide
400
This is where most people in the U.S. live
What is a City
400
A system of government that establishes someone at the top
What is an Hierarchy
400
This is the place where rivers fall over rocks and shoals on their way down to the ocean
What is the Fall Line
500
Texas was done this way when it won its independence from Mexico?
Annexed
500
This is a place directly behind a mountain that doesn’t get a lot of rain?
Rain Shadow
500
A place people live directly outside of a city
What is a Suburb
500
The middle or interior of a country
What is a Hinterland
500
The types of swamps that you would find in Florida, with the double growth trees
What is a Mangrove
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