The Great Lakes & The Mississippi
Different Elevations
Natural Resources
Natural Hazards/Climate
Miscellaneous
100

This invention makes it easier for ships to move big elevations.

What is Lock and Dams?

100

This region isn't great for farming, but has lots of iron ore and copper

What is the Canadian Shield?

100

The Great Plains are known for its fertile soil, leading to this kind of natural resource.

What is crops?

100

Parts of Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Arkansas are located in this "alley"

What is Tornado Alley?

100

This was the most streamed Netflix series in 2018.

What is 13 Reasons Why

200

This seaway allows ships from the Great Lakes to travel to the Atlantic Ocean. (hint: it is named after the river they dug out to make it navigable.)

What is the St. Lawrence Seaway.

200

The direction that the elevation of the United States rises.

What is East to West?

200

Iron Ore, Copper, and Gold can all be found in this Northern Region of North America

What is the Canadian Shield?

200

This would be a great word to describe the climate of North America

What is Diverse?

200

Being joined together inside of a common boundary

What is contiguous?

300

The river that provides cheap transportation to landlocked cities

What is the Mississippi River?

300

These are found between mountain ranges in the Western United States

What are plateaus and canyons?

300

Both Alaska and Texas are rich in this kind of natural resource

What is oil?

300

In California, many cities worry about this kind of Natural Disaster due to a nearby fault line.

What is an Earthquake?

300

This country owns every panda in the world.

What is China

400

The Mississippi drains this much water.

1.2 Million Square Miles

400

Parallel mountain ranges

What is a cordillera?

400

Lots of coal can be found in these eastern mountains

What is the Appalachian Mountains?

400

This happens when there is very little water for an extended period of time.

What is a drought?

400

A string of large connected cities or communities all in a row

What is a Megalopolis?

500

The Great Lakes are an example of this kind of lake.

What is a Glacial Lake?

500

This is the high point that determines the direction that rivers flow.

What is a continental divide?

500

In this eastern landform region, there are good harbor cities, as well as fertile soil for farming.

What is the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

500

Most people in the United States live in this kind of climate. (not too hot nor cold)

What is Temperate?

500

This major landform was carved out of the Colorado Plateau

What is the Grand Canyon?