Key terms
This is a piece of land sticking out into a body of water.
To dig into the earth to search for minerals or coal.
What is mining?
This is the United States hemisphere.
Chicago is on the shore of this body of water.
Old Faithful is this.
What is a geyser?
A steep narrow canyon.
What is a gorge.
What is a natural resource?
What is 3000 miles?
These are the great lakes.
What is Lake Superior, Lake Heron, Lake, Michigan, and Lake Erie?
This is the state that is largest in terms of land size.
What is Alaska?
Native to a particular region or environment.
What is indigenous?
A part of a sea or ocean that extends into land.
This best describes the climate of New England.
What is four different seasons?
Nickname for the Great Plains.
What is America's breadbasket?
What are islands?
Buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?
The carrying away of soil and rock by water, ice, or wind.
What is erosion?
This is the only mainland American city that is not a state.
What is Washington D.C.?
This body of water is south of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
This area of the USA receives the most rain.
What is western Oregon and Washington?
A natural physical feature on Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
A warm ocean current that begins in the Gulf of Mexico and travels north.
What is a gulf stream?
The state of Florida is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and this.
What is Gulf of Mexico?
This is the sculpture with the face of 4 presidents carved into a cliff.
This is what the land form Grand Canyon is known as.
What is a gorge?