Regions and Landforms
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Climate
Regional Resources
100
The five regions of the United States
What are Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, and West
100
Define mountain
What is a very high landform often with steep sides
100
Define boundary
What is a line or natural feature that divides one are from another or one state from another
100
How is climate different from weather?
What is weather is the condition of the air at a certain time and climate is the weather of a place over a long period of time
100
What is a human resource?
What is a person who makes products or provides services
200
Land forms found in the Midwest Region
What are plains, forests, tolling hills, and big rivers
200
Define services
What are jobs that people do for others
200
Define plateau
What is a large, flat, raised area of land
200
Two major factors of weather and climate
What are temperature and precipitation
200
What is a nonrenewable resource?
What is it cannot be replaced
300
Land forms found in the Southwest Region
What are deserts, canyons, plains, Grand Canyon, Colorado Plateau, Rocky Mountains
300
Define conserve
What is to use resources carefully
300
Define equator
What is an imaginary line that circles the center of the earth from east to west
300
Factors that affect climate
What are the distance from the equator, distance from a large body of water, elevation
300
What is a renewable resource?
What is a resource that can be replaced
400
How regional boundaries are determined
What is based on major land forms
400
Define capital resources
What are things that people make in order produce products
400
Define humidity
What is the amount of moisture in the air
400
A climate that is warm all year round
What is a tropical climate
400
Examples of nonrenewable resources
What are coal, natural gas, oil
500
How are state and regional boundaries different?
What is state boundaries are measured and government issued and regional boundaries are based on major landforms
500
What is a polar climate?
What is the coldest climate around the North and South Poles
500
Define agriculture
What is using the soil to raise crops or animals
500
The climates of the five major regions
What is Northeast: cold winter, hot summer Southeast: mid to warm winter hot summer Midwest: cold winter, hot summer West: varies greatly Southwest: very dry hot or cold depending on elevation
500
Valuable resources of each region
What are Northeast: First center of industry Fishing and coal Southeast:Agriculture Crops: sugarcane, cotton, rice Midwest:Crops: corn, soybeans, wheat Raise cows and hogs West:Cattle, timber, fish, fruits, nuts, vegetables Southwest:Cattle, cotton Oil and natural gas
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