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history vocab 1-15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Appalachian Mountains | 1. a mountain range in E North America, extending from S Quebec province to N Alabama. Highest peak, Mt. Mitchell, 6684 feet (2037 meters). |
| 2. Rocky Mountains | 2. the chief mountain system in western North America, extending from central New Mexico to N Alaska. |
| 3. Great Plains | 3. a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada. |
| 4. Great Basin | a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. |
| 5. Chesapeake Bay | an inlet of the Atlantic, in Maryland and Virginia. largest bay in virginia |
| 6. Mississippi River | a river flowing S from N Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico |
| 7. Great Lakes | a series of five lakes between the U.S. and Canada, comprising Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior; connected with the Atlantic by the St. Lawrence River. |
| 8. The Bering Straight | a strait between Alaska and the Russian Federation in Asia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. |
| 9. James River | a river flowing E from the W part of Virginia to Chesapeake Bay. |
| 10. St. Lawrence River | a river in SE Canada, flowing NE from Lake Ontario, forming part of the boundary between New York and Ontario, and emptying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. |
| 11. Hudson River | a river in E New York State, flowing generally south into Upper New York Bay: linked to the Great Lakes, the St Lawrence Seaway, and Lake Champlain by the New York State Barge Canal and the canalized Mohawk River. |
| 12. Rio Grande | a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. |
| 13. Gulf of Mexico | arm of the Atlantic surrounded by the U.S., Cuba, and Mexico. |
| 14. Atlantic Ocean | ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere. |
| 15. Pacific Ocean | ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. |
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