US Flashcards
A very old mountain range that has been weathered down
Appalachian mountains
Piedmont
Region of rolling hills
Interior plains
Vast plains that make up most of the US west of the Appalachians all the way to the Rocky Mountains
Receding glaciers
Glaciers that are melting
Great Lake were made from these
What are the 5 Great Lakes
Superior Michigan Huron Erie Ontario
Continental divide
Runs along the crest of the Rockies
The line that marks the division of the flow of North American rivers
Basin
A region that is surrounded by higher land
Highest point in North America
Mount McKinley
How many different climate types does US have
11
The west is what climate
Dry
Southwest is what climate
Desert
When did Europeans begin to settle in North America
1500’s
Colony
A territory controlled by people from a foreign country
How many colonies did England have in 1700’s
13
Plantations
Large farms that grow mainly one crop to sell
Many plantations in the south produced
Cotton or tobacco
When did slavery end
In 1865 by the Civil War
When did US buy Alaska from Russia
1867
American citizens have
Many rights and responsibilities
New England states
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
New England has
A short growing season and rocky terrain limit farming
What is a good economy in New England
Fishing off the coast
Second growth forests
Trees that cover an area that have already been cut
Where is a major coal mining area
West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Megalopolis
String of cities that grown together
One Megalopolis has the cities
Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
Where is one of the best farming regions in the world
Midwest
Midwest is known as
Corn belt which stretches from Ohio to Nebraska
What is a belt in Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan
Dairy belt
What does Chicago have
Busy water port
What is a belt stretching from ND to Texas
Wheat belt
Center pivot irrigation system
A wheel system that moves in a circle
Strip mining
When you strip away the rock and soil to find mineral
What percent of US people live in California
10%
Alaska’s economy is largely based on
Oil
Forests
Fish
