A small body of water leading into a larger water body
What is a tributary?
100
the region extends from Canada to western Alabama; includes the Piedmont; oldest mountain range in North America
What is the Appalachian Highlands?
100
this state has the Mississippi River as its western border, the Gulf of Mexico as its southern border
What is Mississippi?
100
North and South Americas are in the _____ hemisphere
What is Western Hemisphere?
200
Zero degrees latitude that divides the globe between north and south
What is the equator?
200
a large bay on the southern banks of Alabama
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
200
This range is rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretches from California to Canada; contains fertile valleys
What is the Coastal Range?
200
Lake Erie to the north and Ohio River to its south
What is Ohio?
200
this large body of water has continual daylight in the summer and yet contain icebergs at the same time
What is the Arctic Ocean?
300
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and _____.
What is Asia?
300
This large river divides the U.S. into east and west, and is extremely important in transportation
What is the Mississippi River?
300
wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape; hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
What is the Canadian Shield?
300
this state is a large peninsula on the southern most part of the U.S.
What is Florida?
300
founded in 1847, this city wanted to be a state named Deseret, but later became known at a city built on an unusual mineral deposit; Great was dropped from its name in the late 1800's
What is Salt Lake City?
400
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and ____ Oceans
What is the South Ocean?
400
This river is the border between the U.S. and Mexico along the southern Texas border
What is the Rio Grande River?
400
located east of the Rocky mountains; flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward; grasslands
What is the Great Plains?
400
this state is larger than Texas and borders another country
What is Alaska?
400
this large body of water has Africa to the west, India to the north, and Australia to the east
What is the Indian Ocean?
500
Superior, Michigan, Onterio, Erie, Huron
What are the Great Lakes?
500
This river was a transportation route during Westward Expandsion
What is the Missouri River?
500
located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains; rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills
What is the Interior Lowlands?
500
this state is completely surrounded with water
What is Hawaii?
500
explorers searched for centuries for this route through the northern area of North America