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Landforms
Regions
The Environment
Vocab
Misc.
100
An area of high, flat land that rises above nearby land on at least one side
What is a plateau?
100
Having a shared way of life is true about people living in this kind of region.
What is cultural?
100
The way we build our homes is a reflection of this.
What is climate?
100
A person who comes to a new place or country to live
What is an immigrant?
100
One of the largest dams in the world
What is the Hoover Dam?
200
A low-lying area surrounded by higher land
What is a basin?
200
Indiana is part of this region.
What is the Midwest?
200
The Southwest depends on this method to water crops
What is irrigation?
200
A lake where water is stored for use
What is a reservoir?
200
House with walls made of mud
What is an adobe?
300
This mountain range stretches from Canada to Alabama.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
300
A _______________ region is defined by how the people in them make their living.
What is economic?
300
These are used for industry and manufacturing.
What are minerals?
300
A manmade flood barrier
What is a levee?
300
This interstate reaches from Boston to Seattle
What is Route 90?
400
This mountain ranges hugs the western coast.
What are the Cascades?
400
A region defined by _______________ is made up of places (i.e.Pacific States)
What is location?
400
Coal, natural gas, oil, and uranium
What are fuels?
400
Aluminum, salt, and sulfur
What are minerals?
400
The closet major landform near South Bend
What are the Great Lakes?
500
This is where some of the country's most beautiful and unusual landforms can be found.
What are national parks and historic sites?
500
The two characteristics geographers use to define regions.
What is physical and human?
500
The United States uses this natural resource more than any other country.
What is water?
500
The number of people living in a square area
What is population density?
500
This president asked Congress to set aside land simply to be enjoyed.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?