Mountains & Basins
What do we call a low area of land surrounded by higher land?
What is a Basin?
What is a Natural Resource?
What is something from nature that people use?
What type of land is the Great Plains?
What is flat land with grasslands and prairies?
What natural features are found in the North Central Plains?
What are rolling hills, rivers, grasslands, and forests?
What is a tribe?
What is a group of people who share culture and language?
Name one physical feature found in the Mountains and Basins region.
What is a mountain, desert, or canyon?
What method do farmers use to water crops in dry areas?
What is irrigation?
Name one crop farmers grow on the Great Plains.
What is wheat, corn, or cotton?
What crops grow in the Coastal Plains?
What is rice, cotton, and vegetables?
Name two ways the Coastal Plains Indians got food.
What is farming and fishing (or hunting)?
How does elevation affect the weather in this region?
What is it makes the weather cooler or changes the plants?
Name one resource found in the Mountains and Basins.
What is minerals, water, or land?
What machine uses wind to help bring water from the ground?
What is a windmill?
Name one way people use natural resources in the Coastal Plains.
What is fishing, farming, or oil drilling?
What kind of homes did Coastal Plains Indians build?
What are grass houses or adobe homes?
What are two human activities people do in the Mountains and Basins region?
What is mining and ranching?
What does conservation mean?
What is taking care of natural resources?
Why is ranching important on the Great Plains?
What is it provides meat, milk, and wool?
Why are ports important in the Coastal Plains?
What is they help ships load and unload goods?
How did the Mountains and Plains Indians use buffalo?
What is for food, shelter (hide for teepees), and tools?
Why is conservation important in the Mountains and Basins?
What is to protect water and natural resources?
How does oil help people in the North Central Plains and Coastal Plains?
What is it provides jobs and energy?
How did windmills help settlers on the Great Plains?
What is by pumping water where rivers are scarce?
What is one big difference between the North Central and Coastal Plains?
What is the North Central has hills and the Coastal Plains has a coast and wetlands?
What tools did the Plains Indians use for hunting?
What are bows and arrows and spears?