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Landforms
Movement of People
Regions of the United States
Migration to the US
Miscellaneous
100
The 3 major bodies of water that surround the United States.
What are the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, & Pacific Ocean?
100
A person who permanently moves to a new place.
What is an immigrant.
100
Which region is Boston located in?
What is the Northeast?
100
Locations where most immigrants to the United States entered through (in New York & Los Angeles).
What is Angel Island & Ellis Island?
100
The capitals of the United States & Canada.
What is Washington DC & Ottawa?
200
Major mountain range in the western part of the United States?
What is Rocky Mountains?
200
A reason that might draw someone to a place?
What is a pull factor.
200
Region where the Rocky mountains are located?
What is the west?
200
Location where most modern immigrants to the US come from.
What is Mexico?
200
The region of the United States where Louisiana is located.
What is the South?
300
Large, flat region in the middle of the US & Canada.
What are Great Plains?
300
This figure in New York City welcomed immigrants into the United States.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
300
Regions where the Appalachian Mountains are located.
What is the Northeast and South?
300
The belief that people should be able to keep their own culture and language when they move to a new place.
What is assimilation?
300
Separates the flow of water in the United States between westward and eastward flowing rivers.
What is the Continental Divide?
400
Mountain range in the eastern United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
400
A reason the someone might want to leave a place.
What is a push factor?
400
True or False: The St. Lawrence River is located in the Northwest United States?
What is False. The St. Lawrence River is located in Canada.
400
Location where most African-American immigrants to the United States settled.
What is the South?
400
Is Baton Rouge an urban or rural area?
What is urban area.
500
The names of the Great Lakes.
What is Erie, Huron, Ontario, Huron, & Superior?
500
This nickname was given to the US because it is a mixture of different people from different places and backgrounds.
What is a melting pot?
500
The region in which the Great Lakes are located.
What is the Midwest?
500
Stance towards immigrants that says that they should conform to fit the majority of their new place/location.
What is assimilation?
500
A large chain of cities that is so large that the cities connect.
What is a megalopolis?