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Physical Features
Climate Zones
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
A large basin in the Western United States and the hottest place in North America
What is Death Valley
100
A cold, dry region that is covered with snow for most of the year.
What is a Northern Tundra
100
Rivers that feed into other rivers
What are Tributaries
100
These are found filling in the mountains between valleys
What is Glaciers
200
A collection of bodies of water that lie on the border of the US and Canada
What are the Great Lakes
200
A dry, semi-arid region with little rainfall and few plants.
What is Desert Scrub
200
A permanently frozen layer of soil
What is permafrost
200
When people travel through natural routes in the landscape, these are called
What are Transportation Corridors
300
The largest mountain system in the US, it runs 3000 miles North to South
What are the Rocky Mountains
300
A mild climate in this region allows for many trees to grow and cover a majority of the US and Canada.
What is Forests
300
Soil found in the South and Midwest that is good for farming
What is Alluvial
300
The most important waterform in Canada, it connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean
What is the St. Lawrence River
400
The region in Canada where most of the produce and crops are grown
What is St. Lawrence Lowland
400
Also known as grasslands, these areas have large areas of flat or rolling land covered in grass.
What is Prairies
400
Energy produced by the flow of water
What is hydroelectricity
400
What three ways are bodies of water used in the US and Canada?
What is Hydroelectricity, Transportation and Trade
500
This boundary separates the flow of rivers to the oceans
What is The Continental Divide
500
The major difference between the United State's Climate Zones and Canada's Climate Zones
Canada's Climate zones are much colder
500
The dry side of a mountain that gets little rain
What is Rain Shadow
500
The five Great Lakes
What are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior