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Geography Chapter 6
PAMS Grade 6 Geography - Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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include mountain ranges and river valleys from Maine to Alabama | Appalachians |
divides North America's rivers into East and West flowing | Continental Divide |
highest mountain in North America | Mount McKinley |
warm all year | Tropical savanna |
hot summers, drought, blizzards, violent weather | Steppe |
very cold, most of Alaska | Tundra |
territory controlled by people from a foreign land | Colony |
basis of the limited democratic government of the United States | Constitution |
speaking more than one language | bilingual |
first industrial area of the United States | New England |
states that border each other | contiguous |
the American Indian name for Mt. McKinley | Denali |
an area surrounded by higher ground | basin |
a series of mountain ranges separated by high plains and valleys | Rocky Mountains |
islands off the coast of Alaska | Aleutian Islands |
violent weather, such as hail and tornadoes | Humid Subtropical |
to add to | Annex |
tallest trees in the world, in California | Redwood |
cloth products | textiles |
snowy winters and warm, humid summers | Humid Continental |
a large farm that grows mainly one crop to sell | plantation |
mineral found in the west and the Appalachians | coal |
farmers produce a variety of crops instead of one main crop | diversify |
a farming area above the wheat belt | Corn Belt |
a huge, densely populated urban area | megalopolis |
a farming area that produces mass ammounts of dairy | Dairy Belt |
farming region from Texas to Canada | Wheat Belt |
strip away soil and rock to find coal and other resources | strip mining |
a smaller river that flows into a larger river | tributary |
learned system of shared beliefs and behaviors | culture |
Jewish place of worship | synagogue |
the value of imports is more than the value of exports | trade deficit |
the same temperature all year long | tropical |
Islamic place of worship | mosque |