Section 1
What are the main mountain ranges in the East and rise above the Piedmont. These mountains are very old.
Appalachian Mountains
In the region called the West, several of the country’s most rugged mountain ranges make up the .
Rocky Mountains
What is a territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land.
Colony
What document spells out the powers and functions of the branches of the federal government?
U.S. Constitution
What shares a border with Canada. The economy in this region is heavily dependent on banks, investment firms, and insurance companies. Education also contributes to the economy. The area’s respected universities include Harvard and Yale?
The Northeast
One of the busiest shipping ports on the Great Lakes is what. The city also has one of the world’s busiest airports?
Chicago
The Interior Plains are filled with hills, lakes, and rivers. The first major water feature that you see here is called the what?
Great Lakes
A what is an area of high ground that divides the flow of rivers towards opposite ends of a continent?
Continental Divide
New cities in the colonies such as Boston and New York became major what?
Seaports
For thousands of years, who were the only people living in the Americas?
Native Americans
What is a string of large cities that have grown together?
Megalopolis
What is the largest region in the United States?
The West
West of the Great Lakes lies North America’s largest and most important river, is the .
Mississippi River
What mountain is an active volcano. A tremendous eruption in 1980 blew off the mountain’s peak and destroyed 150 square miles (390 sq km) of forest?
Mount Saint Helens
what is a large farm that grows mainly one crop.
Plantations
People who speak two languages are what?
Bilingual
What is a region that includes long coastlines along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Along the coastal plains rich soils provide farmers with abundant crops of cotton, tobacco, and citrus fruit?
The South
In 1992 the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed what?
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
What is a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river?
Tributary
What mountain is the highest mountain in North America?
Mount McKinley
These first settlers that traveled west were called what?
Pioneers
Different types of music from around the world have also influenced what?
American Culture
What is one of the most productive farming regions in the world. The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries carry materials that help create the region’s rich soils, which are good for farming.
The Midwest
What is the threat or use of violence against civilians to intimidate or cause fear for political or social reasons?
Terrorism
What creates fertile farmlands that cover most of the
Interior Plains.
Silt
What resource supplies the energy for more than half of the electricity produced in the United States?
Coal
The headquarters of one such organization, is called what?
United Nations (UN)
As the most powerful country in the world, the United States has a tremendous influence around the world. such as movies, television programs, and sports, is popular elsewhere?
American Popular Culture
What is the country’s leading automobile producer?
Detroit
His support for the unpopular war in Iraq proved costly. Who urged the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq as soon as possible?
Barack Obama