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Human Geography
100
The eastern United States boundary where the elevated Piedmont area drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain.
What is the fall line?
100
A channel or pipeline for moving large quantities of water.
What is an aqueduct?
100
#1 resource in the United States.
What is timber?
100
Large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities.
What is a megalopolis?
100
The amount of water each household in the Unites States uses every day.
What is 400 gallons?
200
A place on the ocean floor through which magma vents to create a underwater volcano that may grow into an island.
What is a hot spot?
200
List the 3 major bodies of water that surround the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico?
200
Two US states with the largest petroleum reserves.
What is Texas and Alaska?
200
A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
200
People that helped build the first continental railroad.
Who are the Chinese?
300
Area between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains.
What are the Great Plains?
300
Longest river in the United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
Two things that helped form most of the land features in the US.
What are tectonic plate movements and glaciers?
300
Environmental problems in the United States because it corrodes stone and metal buildings, damages crops and pollutes the soil.
What is acid rain?
300
Area where most people of today usually live (location and type).
What are cities near coastal regions?
400
Area of extremely fertile land due to it being cut by many rivers and streams. Located near the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Piedmont Plateau?
400
Headwaters of the Mississippi River.
What is Lake Bemidji?
400
Joint US-Canada project designed to reduce pollution of water and development of water treatment plants.
What is the Clean Water Act?
400
Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from pollution sources.
What is smog?
400
The #1 NEGATIVE side-effect from economic and human development in the United States.
What is pollution?
500
Name the colonies that favored farming due to their mild climate and fertile soil.
What are the Middle and Southern Colonies?
500
The Great Lakes
What is Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario?
500
Solar, wind, and water energy.
What are renewable resources?
500
A physical feature that determines the direction of river flow.
What is a divide?
500
Largest immigrant group in America today.
What are Latinos?