Ch 6: American West Flashcards
What national park is named for the creator of the Cherokee syllabary
Sequoia
Identify the term referring to the hardy plants
Barrel cactus
prickly pear
The fat little farmer of the hills
Pilas
What bird can live underwater
Water ouzel
What is the biggest hole in the world
Grand canyon
What tree lives longer than any other
Bristle cone pine
Who lived in a mountain
Peublo indians
Who was related to the navajo
The apache
Who’s resisting the spaniards
Geronimo
The term referring to the plants of a specific region
Flora
A stretch of high land
The great divide
The backbone of north america
Rockies
The oldest national park
Yellowstone
The second largest cat in North America
Mountain lion
The most dangerous bear in North America
Grizzly bear
The five regions that make the North American desert
Great Basin Colorado plateau Mohave Sonoran chihuahuas
The largest desert
Great Basin
The largest limestone caverns
Carlsbad caverns
Widespread cactus
Prickly pear
The time that desert animals are active
Night
Largest bird in North America
California condor
Fish that is born in fresh water
Salmon
What two mountain ranges are found in the pacific
Sierra Nevada
Cascade ranges
Cascade mountain volcano
Mt saint Helens
The lake that surrounds an extinct volcano
Crater lake
Americas highest waterfall
Yosemite
The largest tree in volume
General Sherman
The famous shonshoe who traveled with Lewis and Clark
Sacagewia
The first white women to journey west of the Rockies
Whitman and Spaulding
A piece of land that the government has set aside for Indians
Reservation
Second largest tribe in the United States today
NezPerce
Wild sheep of North America
Bighorn
The member of the antelope family who has suction like hooves
Mountain goats
Most widely spread carnivore
Cougar
Poisonous lizard
Horned lizard
Desert rat who needs small amount of water
Kangaroo rat
Return to hatching grounds to lay eggs
Salmon
What is the longest mountain range
Rockies
Backbone of North America
Rockies
Highest peak in the Rockies
Mt. Elbert
Extinct volcanos
Cascades
Lower forty eight
Mt. Saint Helens