Vocabulary
World Geography
Physical Features of the United States
Geography of the United States
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100

To change to fit a new set of conditions. 

Adapt

100
The continent that includes Canada, the U.S.A., and Mexico.
What is North America?
100
The ocean that touches the western coast of the U.S.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100

These are the 4 cardinal directions of a compass

What is North, East, South, and West?

100

A line that divides one area or state from another. 

What is an boundary?

200
Lines on a map that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is longitude?
200
The continent that is both a country and a continent.
What is Australia?
200
The ocean that touches the east coast of the U.S.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
The state with the capital city of Denver.
What is Colorado?
200

A deep narrow valley with steep rocky sides. 

What is a canyon?

300

How high a land is above sea level. 

Elevation

300

This is the largest continent.

Asia

300
The name of the largest and longest mountain range in the U.S
What is the Rocky Mountain range?
300

The largest state in the U.S.

What is Alaska?

300

Something in the environment that people can use. 

What is a natural resource?

400

The amount of rain or snow that falls in a place. 

precipitation

400
This ocean lies south of Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
400

Name of the longest and largest river in the U.S.

What is the Missouri River?

400
The capital city of the state of New York.
What is Albany?
400

The people who work at a business. 

What is a human resource?

500
Lines on a map that circle the Earth from east to west.
What is latitude?
500
The continent that extends over all four hemispheres.
What is Africa?
500

A region where the climate is wet, with a cold winter and hot or warm summer. 

What is the Midwest?

500
The capital city of the state of California.
What is Sacramento?
500

The use of technology to bring water to crops. 

What is irrigation?

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