Regions
Landforms and Climate
Resources
U.S. As A Region
Bonus
100
How many regions does the United States have?
What is 5.
100
A feature of the Earth's surface that was made by natural forces.
What is a landform?
100
List the two resources are the basis for entire industries that are located in specific regions.
What are natural resources and raw materials?
100
A system of rules and laws that people in a particular place are expected to respect and obey.
What is government?
100
A ____________is a kind of boundary.
What is a border?
200
Puerto Rico and Guam are what to the United States?
What is commonwealth territory?
200
List 3 examples of landforms.
What is volcanos, mountains, rivers, and canyons are some examples.
200
Define the vocabulary term "processed".
Changed; when a raw material is transformed or changed to make a product.
200
Define republic.
a form of government where the citizens elect the leaders who make the laws and govern the country.
200
An activity or job that you are expected to perform for your country.
What is civic duty?
300
Name the 5 regions of the United States
What is Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest and West?
300
What the typical weather is like in a specific area.
What is climate?
300
Trees, water and coal are all examples of what type of resource?
What are natural resources?
300
List the three different levels of government.
Local government, state government, national government.
300
How does location affect a regions climate?
The closer a place is to the equator, the warmer it will be. This is because the sun shines directly on the equator for 12 hours each day.
400
What is a place that is a part of the United States, but is not actually a state.
What is commonwealth?
400
Define elevation.
how far above (or below) sea level a place is located.
400
Something that people use to make the products. Tools, machines, and computer are all examples of this resource.
What is capital resource?
400
This branch of the government is responsible for deciding whether laws in the country are constitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
400
This branch of the government is responsible for writing and passing laws.
What is the legislative branch>
500
An idea or feeling a person has about a place.
What is perception?
500
An imaginary line that divides the Earth into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.
What is equator?
500
Describe the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. Gave an example of each type of resource.
Renewable resources are resources that can be replaces like trees, water and wind. Nonrenewable resources are natural resources that, once used, can never be replaced. Oil, coal and natural gas are all examples of nonrenewable resources.
500
This branch of the government is responsible for enforcing laws and commanding the armed forces.
What is the executive branch?
500
The document the describes the United States government is called the______________.
United States Constitution
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