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Chapter 4 Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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coral reef | structure near water's surface formed by skeletons of small sea animals |
contiguous | joined altogether inside a common boundary Ex: 48 states (not alaska and hawaii) |
navigable | when a body of water is wide enough for ships to pass through |
landfills | areas where trash companies dup waste they collect |
NAFTA | North american Free Trade Association |
Mississippi River | flows 2,340 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico |
Mt.McKinely | tallest mountain in North America standing 20,320 feet high |
Rock Mountains | longest mountain range in North America (located on the east coast) |
Appalachian Mountains | second largest mountain range in North America |
Great Lakes | largest group of freshwater in the world which includes Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,and Superior |
Free Enterprise System | individual people have rights to run business |
Wisconsin | Humid Continental Copper and Iron Ore forests commercial farming and manufacturing |
St.Louis | Humid continental Manufacturing area |
Alaska | Subartic and Tundra Hunting and Gathering Nomadic Herding Forest |
Texas | Steppe and Humid Subtropical Forest,comercial farming,Ranching, Natural Gas Petroleum Coal |
Florida | Humid Subtropical and Tropical Savanna Forest Commercial Farming Manufacturing Fruit and Fishing |
United States Economy | Farming 2% Mining 1% Manfacturing 20% Service Industry about 77% |
5 regions and how they are divided | Northeast South Midwest The Pacific and Interior West and they are divided by the main economic activity in each region |