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Geography Ch5 voc
9th grade World Geo.
Question | Answer |
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a low plateau located these gulf coastal plains and the nearby Appalachian Highlands | Piedmont |
One of our mountain chains that goes from Newfound Canada to Alabama | Appalachian Mountains |
a largely treeless area in the Midwest | Great Plains |
this rocky, mainly flat area around Hudson Bay | Canadians Shield |
rugged mountain west of the plains | Rocky Mountains |
hottest point in North America | Death Valley |
dividing line between the east and west flow of rivers | Continental Divide |
North America's highest mountain, in Alaska | Mt. McKinley |
Five different lakes in the U.S | Great Lakes |
Canada's longest river. | Mackenzie River |
permanently frozen ground | Permafrost |
winters are cold and summers warm | Humid Continental Climate: |
winds that blow from west to east in the middle of the latitudes | Prevailing Westerlies |
hot and muggy summers, mild cool winters | Humid Subtropical Climate |
Summers are dry, sunny and warm while winters are mild and rainy | Mediterranean Climate |
dry weather with only about 15 inches of rain per year | Semiarid Climate |
large swamp lands in Africa | Everglades |
area of the Great Plains where tornadoes strike so often | "Tornado Alley" |
people who move from place to place | Nomads |
a land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska | Bering |
first water link between the Atlantic and the Great Lakes | Erie Canal |
North America’s most important deep water ship route | St. Lawrence Seaways |
sections of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered | Locks |