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Gr 6 Hist Ch 6
Gr 6 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| flora | specific plants of a region |
| fauna | specific animals of a region |
| bighorn | wild sheep of North Ameria |
| mountain goats | member of the antelope family whose hooves have suction-like cups |
| mountain lion | most widely distributed carnivore in the New World |
| grizzly bear | the most dangerous animal in North America |
| pika | "fat little farmer of the mountains" |
| water ouzel | robin-sized bird that dives under water and walks on the bottom of the stream |
| gila monster | venomous lizard of the North American deserts |
| kangaroo rat | long-tailed desert rat that needs very small amounts of water |
| California condor | largest land bird in North America |
| wandering albatross | bird with the greatest wingpsan |
| salmon | fish which return to their hatching ground to lay eggs |
| saguaro | largest cactus; found only in the Sonoran Desert |
| barrel cactus | grows up to 10 ft. tall and 4 ft. across; can provide water for desert travelers |
| prickly pear | most widespread cactus |
| sagebrush | a bushy plant with a sweet smell and a bitter taste |
| bristlecone pine | lives longer than any other tree in the world |
| California redwood | among the world's tallest trees |
| giant sequoia | grows only on western slopes of the Sierra Nevada; "big tree" or "Sierra redwood" |
| General Sherman | world's largest tree in volume |
| Great Divide | North America's continental divide |
| Yellowstone National Park | oldest national park in the world |
| Old Faithful | most famous geyser in Yellowstone |
| Mammoth Hot Springs | most famous hot springs in Yellowstone National Park |
| Yellowstone Lake | largest high-altitude lake in North America |
| Columbia River | largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America |
| Hells Canyon | deepest canyon in the U.S. |
| Great Salt Lake | largest saltwater lake in North America and largest natural lake west of the Mississippi |
| Grand Canyon | largest canyon in the world |
| Death Valley | hottest and driest part of North America |
| Carlsbad Caverns | world's most spectacular limestone caverns |
| Crater Lake | deepest lake in the U.S. |
| Yosemite Falls | North America's highest waterfalls |
| Cordilleran chain | the longest mountain chain on earth |
| the Rockies | mountain range known as the "backbone of North America" |
| Mt. Elbert | the highest peak in the Rockies |
| Cascade Mountain Range | the mountain range extending from British Columbia to California whose many peaks are extinct volcanoes |
| Mount St. Helens | location of the first volcanic eruption in the lower 48 states since 1917 |
| Sierra Nevada Range | mountain range in California known for deep canyons and unusual vegetation |
| Mt. Whitney | the highest peak in the U.S. south of Alaska |
| North American Desert | a vast, arid region spreading into eleven states and Mexico |
| Great Basin Desert | largest desert area in the U.S. |
| Colorado Plateau | contains the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, and Petrified Forest National Park |
| Mojave Desert | desert which contains Death Valley |
| Sonoran Desert | desert which is the home of the saguaro cactus |
| Chihuahuan Desert | desert mostly in Mexico; contains Carlsbad Caverns; known for its huge white dunes |
| Havasupai | a small, isolated tribe living near the bottom of the Grand Canyon |
| Shoshone | tribe named for their curly hair |
| Nez Perce | famous as breeders of the appaloosa horse |
| Salish | part of a group of tribes known as Flatheads |
| Pueblo | early people from this group of tribes cut multi-room houses from solid rock |
| Mojave | tribe which lived in scattered groups wherever good farm land was found |
| Pueblo | tribe which lived by "everything in moderation, no excess, no waste" |
| Navajo | second largest tribe in the U.S. today |
| Apache | some of the last tribes to resist settlement by the white man |
| Navajo | skillful weavers of rugs |
| Sacagawea | Shoshone woman who led Lewis and Clark on their expedition |
| Marcus and Narcissa Whitman | missionaries to the Cayuse; martyred for Christ |
| Chief Joseph | most famous chief of the Nez Perce tribe |
| Geronimo | most famous Apache leader; surrendered and was exiled to Fort Pickens in Pensacola, Florida |
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