Question | Answer |
What kind of landform is just north of the Gulf of Mexico? | Coastal plain |
What is the landform between mountains or hills? | valley |
Why do many people live near oceans, rivers, or lakes? | they use the water to drink, cook, and farm |
Why do many people live on plains? | because it's easy to travel and farm on flat land |
Which landform is west of the Great Plains? | Rocky Mountains |
The Sierra Nevada mountains and Death Valley are in the _____ part of the United States | Western |
What region of the United States has the Everglades and the Appalachian Mountains? | the East |
What are the major bodies of water in the central United States? | the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes |
What kind of resource are vegetables? | renewable resource |
Which of these is a flow resource: oil, wood, wind, or vegetables? | wind |
What is oil - a renewable or nonrenewable resource? | nonrenewable |
What will happen if we waste nonrenewable resources? | they will run out quickly |
How did the Aztecs change the land near Mexico City? | They dug canals. |
Why doesn't the air pollution in Mexico City blow away? | The mountains around the city block the wind. |
What are people in Mexico City doing to clean up the air pollution? | Everyone started to walk to work instead of driving. |
Why did the Spanish begin to drain the lake? | They wanted land. |