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SOL 2:review
Term | Definition |
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Physical features of the great plains | flatlands that rise gradually from east to west land eroded by wind and waater |
climate of the great plains | low rainfall,and frequent dust storms |
Inventions of the great plains | Barbed wire,steel plows,windmills,and railroads |
adaptations of the great plains | dry farming:sod houses:beef cattle:and wheat farming |
how did advances in transportation link natural resources | Basically the railroads moved natural resources to factories,and then the factories shipped resources to the markets |
manufacturing cities and their industries | Textile industry:New england Automobile industry:Detroit Steel industry:Pittsburgh |
seven regions | Pacific,Rocky mountains,Midwest,Northeast,Southwest,Southeast,Noncontiguous |
Pacific States | :Washington,oregon,and,california |
Rocky Mountain States | Montana,colorado,utah,nevada,wyoming,Idaho |
Noncontiguous states | Alaska,and Hawaii |
Southwest | Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona |
Midwest: | Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota |
Southeast | Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas |
Northeast: | Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
Northeast: | – New York – Boston – Pittsburgh – Philadelphia |
Southeast: | – Washington, D.C – Atlanta – New Orleans |
Midwest: | – Chicago – St. Louis – Detroit |
• Southwest | – San Antonio, – Santa Fe |
Western (Rocky Mountains | – Denver – Salt Lake City |
Pacific: | – San Francisco – Los Angeles – Seattle |
Noncontiguous: | – Juneau – Honolulu |