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Social Studies
Geography
Question | Answer |
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Along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico | Coastal Plain |
Oldest mountains in North America | Appalachian Mountains |
hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers | Canadian Sheild |
rolling flatlands,rivers,broad rivers valleys, and grassy hills | Interior Lowlands |
dry grasslands that gradually increase in elevation westward | Great Plains |
tallest mountains in North America | Rocky Mountains |
areas of vary elevations containing isolated mountain ranges | Basin and Range |
rugged mountans along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada | Coastal Range |
gateway to the west | Ohio River |
transportation arteries for farm and industrial products. They were links to ports and other parts of the world | Mississippi and Missouri Rivers |
explored by Lewis and Clark | Columbia River |
explored by the Spanish | Colorado River |
forms the border with Mexico | Rio Grande |
forms border with Canada and connects the Grate Lakes to the Atlantic | St. Lawrence |
highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants | Atlantic Ocean |
inland port cities developed in the Midwest along them | Great Lakes |
provided French and Spanish explorers with routes to Mexico and outher parts of America | Gulf of Mexico |
land surrounded on 3 sides by water | peninsula |
a large flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land | plateau |
a stream or river that flows into a larger river | tributary |