Vocabulary 1
To dig in the earth in search of minerals or coal.
What is mine?
A large farm where livestock is raised.
What is ranch?
The most famous geyser in the world
What is Old Faithful?
A tiny lobster like creature in this region (ha a deadly stinger and is a member of the arachnid family)
What is scorpion?
This region is known for catching lobster and shipbuilding.
What is New England?
The capital of New Mexico
What is Santa Fe?
A naturally occuring hot spring in which hot water and steam are released from the ground up into the air in a tall stream.
What is geyser?
A steep narrow canyon.
What is gorge?
The oldest National Park.
What is Yellowstone?
The state with the most amount of cattle ranches.(also is home to mission control for NASA)
What is Texas?
New York state is part of this region.
What is the Mid-Atlantic Region?
The capital of Kansas.
What is Topeka?
Melted rock inside Earth’s crust
What is magma?
The growing of crops and the raising of livestock for food and other purposes.
What is agriculture?
The largest City in the Rockies. (aka the "mile high city")
What is Denver?
The symbol for Texas.
What is the cowboy?
The name of 3 of the 5 Great Lakes.
What are Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie?
Bismarck is the capital of this state.
What is North Dakota?
A large slow-moving mass of compacted snow or ice.
What is glacier?
A mountain that has cracks leading to openings deep inside the Earth from which hot, melted rock my sometimes erupt.
What is volcano?
Tourism (especially skiing) is big industry in this state.
What is Utah?
In Arizona, you will find this little bird who would rather run than fly.
What is the road runner/
The state known for cheese or dairy. The name they also call this state.
What is Wisconsin? What is America's Dairyland?
Carson City is the capital of this state
What is Nevada?
An oil rich area where equipment is set up to remove the oil from the ground.
What is an oil field?
The series of government supported efforts to explore outer space.
What is space program?
Potatoes are grown in this state.
What is Idaho?
In Arizona, you will also find this tourist attraction that was formed by glaciers and the Colorado River.
What is the Grand Canyon?
The large amount of wheat farmed in this region gave it its name of "America's Breadbasket"
What is the Great Plains?
The large amount of wheat farmed in this region gave it its name of "America's Breadbasket"
What is the Great Plains?