Physical Features
Stretching over 3,000 miles from Canada down into the Southwestern U.S., this mountain range serves as North America's Continental Divide.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This severe weather phenomenon forms frequently over warm Atlantic ocean waters in late summer and threatens the U.S. Southeast and Caribbean coastlines.
What is a Hurricane?
This is the country located directly south of the United States.
What is Mexico?
Cutting down too many trees in forests like those in Central America is called this.
What is Deforestation?
Moving into a major city to live and work is moving from a rural area to this type of area.
What is an Urban area?
Carved out over millions of years by the Colorado River in Arizona, this massive feature reaches depths of over one mile.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Stretching across northern Canada, this biome features permanently frozen ground called permafrost and low-growing vegetation.
What is the Tundra?
This country located north of the U.S. is famous for hockey, maple syrup, and cold winters.
What is Canada?
Smog, smoke, and trash released into nature are examples of this general problem.
What is Pollution?
Good things like getting a dream job or finding a safer place to live that attract people to move are called this type of factor.
What is a Pull Factor?
Containing Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, this chain of lakes holds about 21% of the world's surface fresh water.
What are the Great Lakes?
Located in the central United States between the Rockies and the Mississippi River, this flat biome is known as North America's agricultural "breadbasket."
What are the Great Plains?
This large body of water borders the east coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This narrow strip of land built with water locks in Central America lets ships shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
Bad things like war, natural disasters, or no jobs that force people to leave home are called this type of factor.
What is a Push Factor?
This major river system flows south from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, serving as a primary transportation highway for North American trade.
What is the Mississippi River?
This region in the central United States experiences a high frequency of intense tornadoes due to the collision of warm Gulf air and cold Canadian air.
What is Tornado Alley?
This massive ocean sits along the west coast of California and Canada.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Long periods of time with almost no rain that cause water shortages and wildfires are called this.
What is a Drought?
Capital city of the United States, named after our first president.
What is Washington, D.C.?
Located in northwestern Canada and eastern Alaska, this vast plateau and mountain region drains into the Bering Sea via a famous gold-rush river.
What is the Yukon Region (or Yukon Territory/River)?
Found in northern Mexico, this extremely dry ecosystem receives fewer than 10 inches of rain per year and is home to unique cacti species.
What is the Sonoran Desert (or Chihuahuan Desert)?
This famous, giant canyon in Arizona was carved out by the Colorado River.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Islands in the Caribbean Sea like Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico are part of this tropical island region in North America.
What is the Caribbean (or West Indies)?
The capital city of Mexico, which is one of the biggest cities in the whole world.
What is Mexico City?