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The line of highest points in the Rocky Mountains that marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward & westward.
What is the Continental Divide
100
The U.S. is the biggest consumer of this.
What is energy
100
Permanently frozen subsoil is called this.
What is permafrost.
100
A plant that thrives in desert climate.
What is cactus.
100
Winds that blow from wast to east in the middle of the latitudes.
What are Prevailing Westerlies.
200
Lies farther north and is rocky and mainly flat. Covers nearly 2 million sq. miles around Hudson Bay
What is the Canadian Shield
200
Because of the vast forests, the U.S. and Canada are major producers of this.
What is lumber and/or wood products.
200
This climate is hot, dry, and receives less than 10 inches of rainfall a year.
What is desert.
200
Two foods that grow abundantly in the Mediterranean Climate zone.
What are fruits & vegetables.
200
Why is their rain in the winter in places that have a humid sub tropical climate in the U.S?
The Gulf of Mexico brings moist air.
300
List the 5 Great Lakes
What are Michigan, Erie, Superior, Ontario, & Huron
300
Because of their resources, U.S. and Canada attracted what from all over the world?
What are immigrants.
300
Only Hawaii & Southern Florida have this type of climate.
What is Tropical.
300
Types of vegetation grown in Semiarid climates.
What are short grasses & shrubs.
300
Name the bordering bodies of water in all directions for Canada & the U.S.
North-Arctic Ocean, East-Atlantic Ocean, South-Gulf of Mexico, West-Pacific Ocean
400
Give 2 other ranges located in the Appalachian Mountains.
What are the Green, Catskill, and/or Great Smoky.
400
Because the U.S. & Canada have ample water resources, they have these 2 major industries.
What are fishing & shipping.
400
This climate can be found along the coast of northern California all the way up to southern Alaska.
What is Marine West Coast.
400
Huge swampland that covers 4,000 sq. miles in south Florida.
What are the Everglades.
400
Give 2 reasons why Canada & the U.S. are considered Anglo-America.
Both were once colonies of Great Britain & most speak English there.
500
Plain that begins as narrow lowland in the northeastern U.S. & widens as it extends southward to Florida.
What is the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
500
Valuable deposits of iron ore, nickel, copper, gold, & uranium are found here.
What is the Canadian Shield.
500
This climate zone allows for a productive agricultural region with an abundance of grains, livestock, & dairy products produced here.
What is Humid Continental.
500
Vegetation found in Hawaii.
What are lush rainforest.
500
What attracted immigrants from all over the world to Canada & the U.S.?
Abundant resources, fertile soil, ample water supply, variety of minerals.