Vocabulary
What does the word Contiguous mean?
Sharing a common edge or boundary; continuing.
What is elevation?
Elevation is the height of an object in accordance with sea level.
Which state capital is the highest? Denver, Santa Fe, Cheyenne, or Salt Lake City.
Santa Fe has the highest capital.
Why are mountainous areas the last regions to be settled?
They can have harsh climates and be dangerous.
What is the capital of California?
Sacramento
What does the word Arid mean?
Arid means dry or lacking moisture.
What is erosion?
Erosion is the wearing away and breaking down of the Earth's surface.
True or False: The United States is bordered by two countries.
True, it is bordered by Canada and Mexico.
Which of the following most likely encouraged Katherine Lee Bates to write,
"America the Beautiful"?
A trip to Colorado.
What is the capital of Idaho?
Boise
What does the word climate mean?
Weather patterns over time.
what is a natural resource?
A natural resource is a material source of wealth that occurs in a natural state and has money value. Like water and timber.
True or False: North America is one of seven continents on Earth.
True!
How did the variety of landforms, climates, and vegetation regions make North America so attractive to immigrants with many different goals?
Farmers from Europe would have been drawn to the areas with lots of land and a climate similar to the one in which they farmed at home. The land had vast areas with many different resources to benefit each new settler depending on what exactly they needed.
What is the capital of Nevada?
Carson City
What is a continent?
A large land mass such as North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica.
What is a river system?
A river system is a large river and its tributaries.
True or False: Three of the fifty states do not touch each other.
False, only two of the fifty states are not a part of the contiguous U.S.
Why are the Great Lakes so important to the United States economy?
They are part of an inland waterway that connects different parts of the continent to transport goods.
What is the capital of Oregon?
Salem
What is the Continental Divide?
A line showing where North American waters drain either toward the Pacific or towards the Atlantic Oceans.
What is relative location?
The location of a place in relation to someplace else.
True or False: Alaska is smaller than Texas?
False, Alaska is three times the size of Texas.
How did early settlers make it difficult to preserve North America's timer resources?
They were cutting down the whole forest to make room for land to create crops.
What is the capital of Washington?
Olympia