Vocabulary
This is a machine that uses electricity to send messages over wires
telegraph
This is the imaginary line that showed where the rivers flowed in different directions
Continental Divide
The place where it is too cold for trees to grow
timberline
they traded and they had their own culture
The highest landform in the US is Mount McKinley, AL
False (AK)
a community of living things in a natural area and its environment is a/an
ecosystem
Forty-niners were people arriving to CA to seek....
gold
by volcanoes
Why did people in the West build dams? (3 reasons)
1. prevent flooding
2. supply water to town and cities
3. provide electricity
The lowest landform in the US is Death Valley, CA
true
land that is owned by the government
public land
people settled in _____ because the places grew so quickly
boomtowns
mountains, hills, valleys, deserts
Where did the Transcontinental Railroad meet?
Utah
The Yellowstone National Park dam produces more electricity than any other dam in the US
false (Grand Coulee, WA)
these were a BARRIER to the west and blocked travel
The Rockies
Earthquakes occur along these
faults
what is the climate in the Northern part of the West?
cold/snowy
What areas did the Transcontinental Railraod connect?
the Atlantic to the Pacific
William Clark was the Native American who helped Mereiwether Lewis explore the West
False (Sacagawea)
Wagon trains were used by settlers. They carried their belongings and could be pulled by these THREE animals
oxen, mules, horses
this is the shape at the top of a volcano
crater
What is the climate in MOST of the west?
How many miles did each pony express mail carrier travel?
75 miles