Land and Regions
Bodies of Water
Climate and Vegetation Region
Using the Land
Where People Live and Work
100
The region normally called where these States: Oregon, Idaho, Utah, California and Arizona are located.
What is the Great Basin?
100
the Great Lakes, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
What are the largest bodies of water on Earth?
100
Kind of grassland that has some trees.
What is: savanna region?
100
Farming, housing and businesses, natural resources, transportation and for water.
What are some ways that people use the land in the United States?
100
A region that is defined by specific boundaries in which people share a government.
What is a political region?
200
a group of connected mountains.
What is a mountain range?
200
a stream or a river that flows into a larger stream or river is called a:
What is a tributary?
200
cactuses, short grasses, and low bushes.
What are some types of plants that grow in the desert?
200
modifies the environment by adding materials to the soil to make it more fertile.
What is fertilizer?
200
Three-fourths of the people in the United States live here.
What is an urban area?
300
The area located at or near the foot of a mountain.
What is a piedmont.
300
The land drained by a river system is a:
What is a drainage system?
300
The drier side of the mountain.
What is a rain shadow?
300
modifies the environment by redirecting water to make it usable for farming.
What is irrigation?
300
People who live here often work in the larger city nearby.
What is suburban?
400
the level of the surface of the oceans.
What is sea level?
400
People could use flowing water in rivers for power.
What is: why did many cities grow along the Fall Line?
400
Moisture in the air.
What is humidity?
400
They dig wells or lay pipes so that they can make dry land usable for farming or living.
What is: Why do people dig wells or lay pipes that take water to dry places?
400
Together a large city and its surrounding suburbs make up that cities:
What is Metropolitan area?
500
A broad area of high mostly flat land.
What is a plateau?
500
Ohio River, Missouri River, Arkansas River, Illinois River and Red River.
What are the major tributaries of the Mississippi River?
500
a long period without rain.
What is a drought?
500
They might discover new and better ways to use resources, or they might discover new resources.
What is why might people discover as they use resources?
500
A place where two roads or railroads crossed and people met to buy and sell goods, communicate and rest.
What is crossroads?
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