Physical Geography
The longest river in the US
Missouri River
This monument features the likenesses of 4 US presidents
Mount Rushmore
(Washington, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Jefferson)This method is used to extract oil or natural gas that was previously considered to be too expensive to extract
fracking
These form the Western Continental Divide. Waters that flow down the western side run into the Pacific Ocean
The Rockies
Just as this characterizes the geography of the US, it also describes the American people
diversity
This refers to an underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment from which groundwater can be extracted
The governing document that is the "law of the land" in the US AND the headquarters location for the Mormons
The US Constitution
Salt Lake City, Utah
This damages buildings and plants AND Under his administration, America's first national park was established
acid rain
Ulysses S. Grant
Located west of the Piedmont, these extend from eastern Canada southward into northern Alabama
the Appalachian Mountains
This refers to the low amount of rainfall that occurs east of a mountain range
rain shadow
What formed the Pacific, Rocky, and Appalachian mountain ranges?
plate tectonics
Two specific forces: plate tectonics and faults
This president featured on Mount Rushmore represents the nation's birth AND the president who declared in the Gettysburg Address that the US was "conceived in Liberty"
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
DAILY DOUBLE
State the core values of American culture and discuss how American Christians should approach these values.
This determines the direction of a river's flow in the US AND the southernmost US state
its relation to one of the continental divides
Hawaii, a chain of volcanic islands near the center of the Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic and Gulf coasts are particularly susceptible to this kind of natural disaster
hurricane
These winds in North America blow from west to east across the center of the continent
Prevailing winds
The US government is a _________________ rather than a pure democracy AND for many Americans, this is primarily about freedom from authorities or laws
federal republic
liberty
This percentage of Americans live in urban areas AND the values which forge a common culture and bind a people together
82%
core values
The mountain range which serves as the Eastern Continental Divide AND waters flowing from the western side of the Eastern Continental Divide empty into the Great Lakes or the Gulf of Mexico by way of this river
the Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
The southern third of the US from California to the Carolinas is called this
Sunbelt
The prevailing wind that brings plentiful rains to the northwestern corner of the US is called this
Japanese Current
The three branches of government in the US
executive legislative
judicial
These forests are populated with mature trees which have not experienced significant disturbances AND one of the easiest resources to conserve
old-growth forests
water
This state is separated from the "lower forty-eight" by Canada AND the term which describes the area where waters flowing down the eastern side of the mountains flow to the Atlantic Ocean and those flowing down the western side flow either into the Great Lakes or the Gulf of Mexico
Alaska
Eastern Continental Divide
The US economy is a system of _______________ capitalism AND name the core values of America
free enterprise
freedom, individualism, equality, growth