Bodies of Water
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100
What oceans border the eastern United States?
The Atlantic Ocean
100
What two states does the Appalachian Mountain system stretch from?
Alabama to Canada
100
Government receives its power from the people is an underlying principle of what document?
The U.S. Constitution
100
How did the Great Migration affect the population of the North?
It increased the population by the thousands.
100
In California, New Mexico, and Texas, non-Hispanic whites are the ____________.
Minority
200
What body of water borders the western coast of the United States?
The Pacific Ocean
200
The Great Plains not flat but rise in elevation which direction?
east to west
200
Actions that citizens are required to do is called what?
Duties
200
This is a Pacific Coast port and the nation's second largest city.
Los Angeles
200
Oil is a valuable resource, as well as a potential cause of what type of danger for areas of the United States.
Environmental damage
300
What is the name of the warm waters that border the southeastern part of the United States?
The Gulf of Mexico
300
What stretches from northeastern U.S. to Mexico?
The Atlantic Coastal Plain
300
Actions that citizens do voluntarily are called what?
Responsibilities
300
These are large cities that are centers of culture, education, and business.
metropolitan areas
300
What type of literature does Langston Hughes write?
poetry
400
Into which river do the waters of the Great Lakes flow?
St Lawrence River
400
What is the highest point in North America?
Mt. McKinley
400
The American colonists' dislike of British laws and taxes forced upon them eventually led to this war.
Revolutionary War
400
This is a prosperous inland business center that began as a mining town.
Denver
400
What is a common theme in American literature?
The rich diversity of people in the United States.
500
What is the longest river in the United States?
Mississippi River
500
The Rocky Mountains are nor a single mountain chain, but a _______________.
Cordillera
500
These people are considered indigenous to North America.
Native Americans
500
This is an area where many factories closed during the 1980's.
"Rust Belt"
500
Compare the climates of Alaska and Hawaii.
Alaska has a cool to cold climate and Hawaii has a tropical rain forest climate.
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