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What has shaped many Landforms?
Tectonic plate movement and Glacier activity
Where is the Pacific Range
The west
What does it include
Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Coast Range, Alaska Range
What is Denali
formerly known as Mt. McKinley is the highest point in the US
Where it the Rocky Mountains
The west
Where does the rockies start and stretch till
New Mexico and stretches 3000 miles northward
Where is the Columbia Plateau
between the Pacific Range and the Rocky Mountains
Where do the great plains streatch and end till
eastward from the Rockies to the base of the Appalachian Mountains
Where is land higher
The west
Where is the Appalachian Mount.
The east
The appalichian mts. is the
Oldest mountain range in North America
Appalachian mountain streaches from
Canada to Alabama
How were the Hawaiian Islands formed
magma erupted from a hot spot on the seafloor and created 8 major islands
Tributaries
a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river
Headwaters
the source of a stream or river
Continental divide
a high point of the ridge that determines the direction rivers flow
Fall line
a boundary in the eastern United States where the higher land of Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
What states were established along the fall line
Philidelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC
What are all the great lakes
Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and Lake Michigan
How were the great lakes made
by glaciers
What is St. Lawernece Seaway System
series of canals, rivers, and waterways that connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
Hurricans
large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
Fossil Fules
a resource formed on the Earth by plant and animal remains
How did people arrive
by land and boat
Who explored the souther and northeast regions
Spanish explored the southern while French settles in the northeast and were involve in fur trade
what are the first 3 colonial regions
New England, Middle, and Southern
Native Americans lost what
Land
underground railroad
a network of safe houses in the United States that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom
When was slavery abolished
after the American Civil War
what is dry farming
a farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
manufacturing belt
a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern United States
Which immigrants helped railroads
Europeans, Chinese, and Mexicans
What helped boost the conomy
WW I and WW II
what are the densley populated regions
Northeast and Great Lakes
Sunbelt
a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States
Where do most people live
In metropolitan areas
Megalopolis
a large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washington, D.C.
Jazz
a musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies
What music genres have origins from the U.S
Blues, punk, rock, and hip-hop
postindustrial
economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
foreclosure
legal proceeding in which a borrower’s rights to a property are relinquished due to his or her inability to make payments on the loan
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