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West Region
100
This feature is a giant waterfall that produces electricity for the state of New York.
What is Niagara Falls?
100
The feature includes the Appalachian Mountains which extend through the Southeast, and the weather gets cold in the mountains.
What is Appalachia?
100
This feature is made up of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, are all connected to each other and to rivers that flow into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, which means the Midwest can ship products to the rest of the world by sea.
What are the Great Lakes?
100
This feature is the largest canyon, or a deep hole in the ground with steep cliffs, in the world. It was formed by the natural process of erosion, which is when wind, rivers, or rain wear away at soil and rock.
What is the Grand Canyon?
100
These are the largest mountain system in the United States and attract many tourists who come to ski, hike, and enjoy its scenery, spending money there and helping the West’s economy.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
200
This feature in the Northeast is actually made up of smaller mountain ranges that run all the way north to Canada.
What is the Appalachian Mountain Range?
200
This feature in the Southeast are low-lying flat lands near the ocean where the weather is warm.
What are the Coastal Plains?
200
This feature is made up of cliffs in the Midwest that were formed by erosion or the natural process that wears away at soil and rock because wind and water break them up.
What are the Badlands?
200
The Southwest has many different climates, or types of weather, including deserts, which are hot and dry, and wetlands, which are like wet and have lots of water and plant life. This Saguaro Cactus is a symbol of the Southwest that grows in the desert.
What are Deserts and Wetlands?
200
The West has many different climates based on the elevation, or how high or low a place is. The Rocky Mountains are very high and very cold, while the deserts of California are very low and very hot.
What is Elevation and Climate?
300
Grapes are a major product of New York, cranberries are a major product in Massachusetts, and maple syrup is produced in Vermont. All three resources are made in the Northeast and then sold to the rest of the world, which helps the Northeast’s businesses and economy.
What is Fruit and Sap?
300
These features are violent storms in the Southeast that damage homes and businesses and threaten people from June to November every year.
What are hurricanes?
300
This feature is a large area in the Midwest that is flat and has lots of rich soil that farmers use to grow crops.
What are the Great Plains?
300
This feature was discovered in the Southwest and helped make it a very rich place, because it is used to fuel our cars and airplanes and is also used to make medicine, clothing, and our roads.
What is the Valuable Resource of Oil?
300
Many states in the West, including Alaska and Hawaii catch and sell fish to the rest of the world. Forestry, or the industry that chops down trees and sells the wood to make paper and other products, is also a major resource of the West. Idaho grows and sells potatoes. All of these resources help the West’s economy.
What is Fishing, Forestry, and Farming?
400
This feature, except for the states of Pennsylvania and Vermont, which do not border the ocean, is long and beautiful with beaches that lots of tourists want to visit.
What is the Northeast Coastline?
400
Oranges are made in Florida. Peaches are made in Georgia. Cotton is produced around the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Tobacco and coal are produced in Appalachia, which includes Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. The Southeast sells these resources to other parts of the United States and the world, which helps the Southeast’s economy.
What are Farms and Coal?
400
Corn, wheat, and soybeans are all made on the farms of the Midwest because Midwest farmers invented irrigation (bringing water from far away using pipes) and crop rotation (switching the crops a farmer grows on a certain piece of land to give the soil a break).
What are Midwestern Farms?