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Ch 6: American West Flashcards

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What national park is named for the creator of the Cherokee syllabary

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Sequoia

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Identify the term referring to the hardy plants

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Barrel cactus

prickly pear

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The fat little farmer of the hills

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Pilas

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What bird can live underwater

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Water ouzel

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What is the biggest hole in the world

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Grand canyon

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What tree lives longer than any other

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Bristle cone pine

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Who lived in a mountain

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Peublo indians

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Who was related to the navajo

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The apache

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Who’s resisting the spaniards

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Geronimo

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The term referring to the plants of a specific region

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Flora

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A stretch of high land

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The great divide

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The backbone of north america

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Rockies

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The oldest national park

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Yellowstone

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The second largest cat in North America

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Mountain lion

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The most dangerous bear in North America

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Grizzly bear

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The five regions that make the North American desert

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Great Basin Colorado plateau Mohave Sonoran chihuahuas

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The largest desert

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Great Basin

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The largest limestone caverns

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Carlsbad caverns

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Widespread cactus

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Prickly pear

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The time that desert animals are active

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Night

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Largest bird in North America

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California condor

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Fish that is born in fresh water

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Salmon

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What two mountain ranges are found in the pacific

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Sierra Nevada

Cascade ranges

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Cascade mountain volcano

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Mt saint Helens

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The lake that surrounds an extinct volcano

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Crater lake

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Americas highest waterfall

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Yosemite

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The largest tree in volume

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General Sherman

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The famous shonshoe who traveled with Lewis and Clark

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Sacagewia

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The first white women to journey west of the Rockies

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Whitman and Spaulding

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A piece of land that the government has set aside for Indians

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Reservation

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Second largest tribe in the United States today

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NezPerce

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Wild sheep of North America

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Bighorn

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The member of the antelope family who has suction like hooves

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Mountain goats

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Most widely spread carnivore

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Cougar

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Poisonous lizard

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Horned lizard

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Desert rat who needs small amount of water

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Kangaroo rat

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Return to hatching grounds to lay eggs

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Salmon

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What is the longest mountain range

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Rockies

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Backbone of North America

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Rockies

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Highest peak in the Rockies

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Mt. Elbert

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Extinct volcanos

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Cascades

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Lower forty eight

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Mt. Saint Helens

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