a severe snow storm that has high winds (above 34 mph) and lasts for several hours or more with temperatures below 20°F
What is a blizzard?
100
Water is a natural resource that is used to produce this power product
What is hydroelectric power?
100
North America's longest river
What is the Mississippi River
200
joined together inside a common boundary
What is contiguous?
200
Mountain range that runs from Alaska through New Mexico and makes up the eastern edge of the cordillera.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
200
storm that starts in the Tropics of the Atlantic Ocean (usually off the coast of Africa).
What is a hurricane?
200
a horseshoe-shaped area around the Hudson Bay that is made of rocky hills, lakes and evergreens makes it bad for farming, but good for mining minerals
What is the Canadian Shield?
200
The use of these large lakes can move goods from the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean
What are the Great Lakes?
300
deep valley with steep sides
What is a canyon?
300
The highest point in North America.
What is Mount McKinley?
300
Hot, dry air that gets trapped between the Rockies and the Pacific coastal ranges makes for this kind of climate
What is desert?
300
According to scientists, this natural resource that is found in Wyoming, the Appalachian Mountains and British Columbia will only last about 400 years.
What is coal?
300
This Canadian waterway that empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St Lawrence River
400
winters are long and very cold, while summers are brief and cool in this climate region
What is the subarctic?
400
The highest point in the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Mount Mitchell?
400
Evergreen trees can survive bitterly cold winters because their needles have this kind of coating and can keep in the moisture.
What is waxy?
400
This natural resource caused many fires during the San Francisco earthquake in 1906.
What is natural gas?
400
During the 1930's, many farmers left the Great Plains because economic hardships caused by this
What is a severe drought called the Dust Bowl
500
mountain ranges that run side by side or parallel to each other
What is a cordillera?
500
The mountain range that Mount McKinley is in.
What is the Alaska Range?
500
The hurricane season lasts from this month to this month
What is from June to September?
500
This part of the country provided food for buffalo and Native Americans.
What is the Great Plains?
500
the huge canyon that was once the bottom of an ancient sea and now has the Colorado River cutting through it