This region is good for growing crops and raising cattle. It gradually rises from the Central Lowlands to the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Great Plains?
100
These natural processes affect the physical geography of North America.
What is a volcanic eruption, an earthquake, rain washing away soil, ice/wind/rain wears down a mountain, etc.?
100
This zone gets less than 10 inches of precipitation each year. Plants here must endure harsh sun, high temperatures, and little rain.
What is a desert?
100
The farmlands of the U.S. and Canada have this, which makes for good farm land.
What is good, rich soil?
100
This continent stretches from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is North America?
200
This mountain range lies west of the Atlantic Coastal Plain and has weathered, or worn down, over time.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
200
These are features of Earth's surface, such as mountains, valleys, and plateaus.
What are landforms?
200
This zone gets average precipitation between 10 and 80 inches each year. Conifers and broadleaf trees make up this zone.
What is a forest?
200
This resource is found in western Canada and the northwestern, northeastern, and southeastern U.S. It includes the tallest vegetation.
What are forests?
200
This country is the second largest in area (land).
What is Canada?
300
This region covers most of Greenland, curves around the Hudson Bay, and reaches into the U.S. along the Great Lakes.
What is the Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau?
300
This is a thick sheet of ice that moves slowly across land.
What is a glacier?
300
This zone covers northern Canada and Alaska. It has cool summers and very cold winters. Much of the ground is frozen all year except for the surface that thaws in summer.
What are the polar and tundra?
300
These can be found in Alberta, Canada; Texas; California; Louisiana; Oklahoma; Alaska; and in the Gulf of Mexico. Drills must be used to harvest this resource.
What are oil fields?
300
This is the world's largest island.
What is Greenland?
400
These are North America's highest mountain ranges.
What is the Rocky Mountains and Coastal Ranges?
400
This is the process of wind, rain, and rivers wearing away soil and stone.
What is erosion?
400
This zone includes the prairie in the Mississippi Valley, which may get 30 inches or more of precipitation each year.
What is the grassland?
400
This resource can be found in Canada's western provinces; the Appalachian mountains; Illinois; Indiana; and Wyoming. Marco Polo called this resource "rocks that burned" when he saw it used in China.
What is coal?
400
These inventions and discoveries made the oceans no longer major barriers that kept people from coming to North America.
What is shipbuilding and navigation?
500
This region is located between the Rocky Mountains and the western coastal mountains. It is dry and contains plateaus, basins, and deserts. This is where the Grand Canyon is located.
What is the Intermountain Region?
500
This is a network of major rivers and their tributaries.
What are river systems?
500
This zone includes the Pacific Coast where precipitation can reach 167 inches each year. Moss and lichen are the smallest vegetation. 300-foot-tall trees also grow in this zone.
What is the rain forest?
500
This resource has affected where people settle for centuries because all areas of life need this resource: farms, animals, people, generating power, etc. You can even use this resource for travel!
What is water?
500
Lewis and Clark were guided by this woman from what is now North Dakota into the Pacific Northwest.
Who is Sacagawea? (Fun fact: Her French Canadian husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, and their baby were also on the journey.)