Geography Vocab
a term used to describe people who speak two languages
What is Bilingual?
the difference between the initial, or starting position and the final position of an object that has moved
What is Displacement?
enormous mountain range in the west
What is the Rocky Mountains?
a boundary that separates a continent's river system
What is Continental Divide?
the process of changing position
What is Motion?
mountain range in the east
What are the Appalachian Mountains
a territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land
What is a Colony?
an object's distance and direction from a reference point
What is Position?
the lakes that make up the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world
What are the Great Lakes?
smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
What is a Tributary?
the starting point you use to describe the motion or the position of an object
What is a Reference Point?
Washington's largest city and home to technology and aerospace companies
What is Seattle?
large farm that grows mainly one crop
What is Plantation?
What is Average Speed?
the United States capital
What is Washington D.C.?