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U. S. Regions
Landforms
Agriculture
Resources
People
100
Known for it's hot, arid climate.
What is the Southwest?
100
These large bodies of water are usually fed by rivers and streams, contain fresh water, and are home to numerous plant and animal lifeforms.
What are lakes?
100
Two important elements which guide the decision of which crops to plant.
What are geography and climate?
100
Wood, coal, oil, and water can be categorized as this type of resource.
What is natural?
100
A land bridge connecting Asia and North America.
What is the way people first migrated to North America?
200
Bordered on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the South?
200
The Alleghany, Cascade, and Coastal Ranges are examples of this majestic landform.
What are mountains?
200
The invention that has allowed for the spread of agriculture into otherwise inhospitable regions.
What is irrigation?
200
Resources that cannot be replaced.
What are nonrenewable resources?
200
Before the discovery of agriculture, food was acquired by early societies in these ways.
What are hunting and gathering?
300
Known for deciduous forests, maple syrup, and a tradition of whaling.
What is the Northeast
300
In Africa, grasslands are known as the Savannah. In America, we refer to our grasslands by this name.
What are plains (or prairies)?
300
The primary crop of the Anasazi.
What is corn?
300
Tools, Computer software, and buildings.
What are capital resources?
300
In the Mississippi Valley, these people were known for erecting unique structures.
Who were Mound Builders?
400
Known for logging and fishing.
What is the Pacific Northwest?
400
This flat land extends east from the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard.
What is the Coastal Plain?
400
The technique developed during the 19th century that allowed farmers to replenish the nutrients in the soil.
What is crop rotation?
400
Labor and skills provided by people.
What are human resources?
400
This mysterious people built their homes into the cliffs of what is now the Southwest United States before disappearing.
Who are the Anasazi?
500
This region contains 20% of the world's fresh water.
What is the Midwest?
500
A landform also known as a high plain or tableland.
What is a plateau?
500
A crop grown for the purpose of generating income.
What is a cash crop?
500
Wind, water, sunlight, and any resource that can be used as it occurs.
What are flow resources?
500
The name of the condition when more of something exists than is needed by the people in a society.
What is a surplus?