Vocabulary
States and Regions
The Land
Bodies of Water
100
area of flat or rolling land
What is a prarie
100
Hawaii and Alaska
What two states are not contiguous to the other U.S. states?
100
Climate
What do you call a kind of weather a place has over a long period of time?
100
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
What are the five great lakes
200
lines of longitude and latitude
What is meridians
200
Canada to the north, Mexico to the South, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the West
What is the U.S.'s relative location?
200
Mountain range
What do you call a group of connected mountains
200
Mississippi and it's tributaries
What is the largest river system
300
an area where many features are similar
What is a reigon
300
The Southeast
What is the most populated U.S. region?
300
A landform region
What do you call a region that has similar landforms
400
using less energy to do the same tasks
What is efficiency
400
They often have the same type of land, they share similar jobs, and they most likely share a history and culture
What are the ways that a region are alike?
400
erosion
What is do you call the gradual wearing away of the earth's surface?
500
the use of canals ditches or pipes to move water
What is irrigation
500
The southern border of Canada
What are the most Canadians densely populated?
500
An envirornment
What do you call the surroundings in which people, plants, animals live?
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