Physical Geography
Name one US state that is not contiguous.
What is Hawaii or Alaska?
Type of climate that is incredibly dry...therefore there is typically very little vegetation.
What is desert?
The US has a very _____________ culture.
What is diverse?
Type of government in the US
What is democracy?
Lines of latitude are always measured in which degrees?
What is North/South?
Which mountain range is in the western US?
What are the Rocky Mountains?
Number of climates throughout the US.
What is approximately 11?
Reason the US has so many different cultures...
What is because of immigrants...also because people have the freedom to exercise what religion, beliefs, traditions, holidays, etc. that they want to.
Explain what economy means.
A river that branches off of another river is a what?
What is tributary?
Vast, flat area in the center of the US (between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains).
What are the Great Plains?
State with most diverse set of climates.
What is California?
The second most common language spoken in the US is...
What is Spanish?
The three branches in American government are
What is Legislative, Executive and Judicial?
How many time zones are in the contiguous US?
What is four?
What physical feature makes up part of the US/Mexico border?
What is the Rio Grande?
Main climate in the Midwest (i.e. Wisconsin)
What is humid continental?
Data about a population is known as...
What is demographics?
Name two economic activities in the Southern part of the US.
What is: fruit/tobacco/cotton farming, oil, tourism
What is the main job of each branch of US government?
Executive: enforce the laws (make sure laws are being followed)
Legislative: Make the laws
Judicial: Decide punishment if someone breaks the laws (court system)
Gulf on the western coast of Florida.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
Name one climate in the eastern US.
What is humid continental or humid subtropical?
How is information/data about the US population collected?
What is through a census every 10 years?
The US Constitution does this...
What is says what the government can and cannot do?
Where is the lowest point in North America?
What is Mojave Desert in Death Valley (California)?