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USI U1: Geography
Bodies of Water
Question | Answer |
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trade | when people buy, sell, or exchange goods |
good | an item a person can buy (example: fish) |
service | work or an action that someone pays for (example: making clothes) |
movement | the way people, products, and information move from one place to another |
industry | a group of businesses that provide a particular good or service |
inland port | port on an inland waterway, such as a river, which may or may not be connected to the ocean |
access | The US has ______ to numerous and varied bodies of water. |
interaction; borders | Bodies of water support ______ among regions, form _____, and create links to other areas. |
coasts | The Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf _______ have provided access to other parts of the world. |
Atlantic Ocean | Many explorers, settlers, and immigrants traveled across the ______________. |
Ohio River | Before the Louisiana Purchase, the ______________ was the "gateway" to the west. |
Great Lakes | Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the ________. |
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers | Which rivers were used to transport farm and industrial products? |
Columbia River | Which river was explored by Lewis and Clark? |
Colorado River | Which river was explored by the Spanish? |
Rio Grande | What river forms part of the border with Mexico? |
Pacific Ocean | What was an early exploration destination as a route to Asia? |
Gulf of Mexico | What provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of the continent? |
St. Lawrence River | What river forms part of the border with Canada and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean? |
Spider Man Helps Every One (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario) | What is a way to remember the five Great Lakes? |