The river that separates the United States from Mexico
What is the Rio Grande River?
100
This broad mountain range lies west of the Great Plains.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
100
This is the driest part of the United States.
What is the Southwestern United States?
100
This means to cut down every tree in a given area. This leaves land looking bald and wipes out the animals in the area.
What is clearcutting?
200
a form of government in which people choose their own leader
What is a democracy?
200
This marks part of the border between Canada and The United States?
What is the St. Lawrence River?
200
These are five of the worlds largest lakes that lie on the border between Canada and the United States.
What are the Great Lakes?
200
This area of the United States gets fog and drizzle for more than half of the year.
What is the Pacific Northwest?
200
This is also known as "black gold" because it is crucial to life in developed countries. This is what factories and cars run on.
What is oil?
300
a useful task that people perform to earn a living without making a product
What is a service?
300
This is the ocean that lies to the west of The United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
This is one of the world's largest rivers that runs through the Great Plains.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
This is the area where seasons can vary by as much as 150 degrees.
What are the Central Plains?
300
These TWO states are not connected to the Continental United States.
What is Hawaii and what is Alaska?
400
a natural resource found inside the earth
What is a mineral?
400
This is the area of water that is in between Florida and Mexico.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
400
This long strip of hills lies to the west of the Coastal Plains.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
400
This is the type of weather that is found on the U.S. West Coast.
What is mild?
400
These people are who we all descended from. They came from other countries to live here... about 80% from here and about 20% from Asia, Africa, and other places.
What are immigrants?
500
a natural mixture of rocks or soils that contains metal
What is an ore?
500
This is the ocean that lies to the east of The United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
This is the flat, rolling landscape found in the east of The United States.
What is Coastal Plain?
500
These two coasts get violent, tropical storms.
What are the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts?
500
This is the city in Michigan where most U.S. cars are made.