The Great Lakes & The Mississippi
This invention makes it easier for ships to move big elevations.
What is Lock and Dams?
This region isn't great for farming, but has lots of iron ore and copper
What is the Canadian Shield?
The Great Plains are known for its fertile soil, leading to this kind of natural resource
What is crops?
Parts of Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Arkansas are located in this "alley"
What is Tornado Alley?
This is one way that Canada accesses oil underground. This does not include oil rigs.
What is Tar Sands?
This seaway allows ships from the Great Lakes to travel to the Atlantic Ocean
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The direction that the elevation of the United States rises.
What is East to West?
Iron Ore, Copper, and Gold can all be found in this Northern Region of North America
What is the Canadian Shield?
This would be a great word to describe the climate of North America
What is Diverse?
Being joined together inside of a common boundary
What is contiguous?
The river that provides cheap transportation to landlocked cities
What is the Mississippi River?
These are found between mountain ranges in the Western United States
What are plateaus and canyons?
Both Alaska and Texas are rich in this kind of natural resource
What is oil?
In California, many cities worry about this kind of Natural Disaster due to a nearby fault line.
What is an Earthquake?
This is one way that Canada accesses oil underground. This does not include oil rigs.
What is Tar Sands?
The Mississippi drains this much water.
1.2 Million Square Miles
Parallel mountain ranges
What is a cordillera?
Lots of coal can be found in these eastern mountains
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
This happens when there is very little water for an extended period of time.
What is a drought?
A string of large connected cities or communities all in a row
What is a Megalopolis?
The Great Lakes are an example of this kind of lake
What is a Glacial Lake?
This is the high point that determines the direction that rivers flow.
What is a continental divide?
In this eastern landform region, there are good harbor cities, as well as fertile soil for farming.
What is the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Most people in the United States live in this kind of climate.
What is Temperate?
This major landform was carved out of the Colorado Plateau
What is the Grand Canyon?