How Do People Choose Where to Live?
An event in nature that usually results in serious damage or deaths.
Natural disaster
A community built by people who moved to a new area but remain citizens of their homeland.
Colony
Growing plants and taking care of animals for food
Agriculture
a special area of land set aside for a group of people to live on.
Reservation
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
Alpine
A giant, powerful swirling storm that forms over warm ocean waters
Hurricane
A path to walk on.
Trail
How people make and use money and goods.
Economy
An agreement between countries to help them work together and keep peace.
Treaty
A forest that gets more than 2.5 meters of rain a year.
Rain forest
A long period without rain.
Drought
Something that doesn’t change.
Permanent
Rocks or metals we get from the ground.
Minerals
An entrepreneur is a person who starts a business to sell something new.
Entrepreneur
An underwater strip of coral (skeletons of tiny sea creatures) on the sea bed.
Coral reef
Name 3 types of natural disasters.
Tornado, Hurricane, Typhoon, Earthquake, Blizzard etc.
Travelling from place to place instead of living in the same place all the time.
Nomadic
Energy we get from oil, coal, and gas
Fossil fuels
When a country or area builds factories to make things.
Industrialization
Smaller part of a larger area that shares certain features.
Region
The height above sea level.
Elevation.
Why did Europeans want to build PERMANENT towns in North America?
What are some minerals that were mined in North America?
Gold, silver, iron.
Was it fair to place Native Americans into reservations?
No, because they lost their land and they were forced to move to these reservations.
How many regions are there in North America?
5 regions.