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Benefits of Location
Climate, Weather, and Rain -- Oh, my!
Vegetation Zones
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Terms/People
100
This geographic feature isolated North America for thousands of years.
What are oceans?
100
The state of the atmosphere near Earth at a given time and place.
What is weather?
100
These areas get less than 10 inches of precipitation a year.
What are deserts?
100
This region provides transportation by water for people and goods, fishing, a power source, and recreation/tourism.
What is The Great Lakes Region?
100
She was instrumental in guiding Lewis and Clark through the Louisiana Territory.
Who was Sacagawea?
200
As people learned more about ___________ and __________, the oceans became a hazardous but passable travel route.
What is shipbuilding and navigation?
200
The typical weather in a region over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
These areas get up to 30 inches of rain a year and are ideal places for growing grain and raising cattle.
What are grasslands?
200
Due to this type of relationship (of which Mr. Rogers would be proud), the U.S. and Canada have good trade and regulatory relations.
What are good neighbors?
200
Features of Earth's surface, such as mountains, valleys, and plateaus.
What are landforms?
300
Because of this specific location, the U.S. and Canada experience a temperate climate where many plants and animals can thrive.
What is the middle latitudes?
300
A region's climate helps determine what types of __________ - trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants will grow there.
What is vegetation?
300
These areas get 167 inches of rain a year, extremely tall trees grow here, and the temperature rarely drops below 32 degrees F.
What are rain forests?
300
These 2 features provide raw materials, sources of fuel and power for transportation, industry, and new technologies.
What are forests and oil fields?
300
The way that business owners use resources to provide the goods and services that people want.
What is economy?
400
North America has an extensive ___________ , ore network of major rivers and their tributaries.
What is river system?
400
Snow, Rain, Sleet, and Hail
What is precipitation?
400
These types of areas cover much of Canada and the northwest, northeast, and southeast of the U.S..
What are forests?
400
This geographic feature/region provides productive farmland and agricultural exports.
What are The Great Plains?
400
This area is rich in iron, gold, copper, and uranium, but is sparsely populated and is not farmable.
What is the Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau?
500
These natural processes have shaped North America.
What are glaciers, erosion, natural disasters, and precipitation?
500
The type of climate enjoyed by the U.S. and Canada.
What is temperate?
500
These areas are only above freezing for 2 months a year and the ground remains frozen all year, except for the surface (which thaws in the summer).
What are polar and tundra?
500
This feature provides natural routes for travel to and trade with Canada and the United States.
What are large flatlands?
500
This 400-million-year-old mountain range lies west of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?