Question | Answer |
What is bilingual | people who speak two languages |
what is a colony | a territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land |
what is a megalopolis | a string of large cities that have grown together |
what is the continental divide | an area of high ground that divides the flow of rivers toward opposite ends of a continent |
what is a plantation | a large farm that grows mainly one crop |
what is the largest fresh water lake system in the world | the great lakes |
what kind of volcanoes make up most of the cascade range | dormant |
what has made the Appalachian Mountains relatively low | millions of years of erosion |
Which two states border no other states and are no part of mainland U.S.? | Hawaii and Alaska |
What mountain range are the main mountain range in the east | Appalachian Mountains |
which mountains are the main mountains in the west that goes from New Mexico and through canada? | Rocky Mountains |
What is the highest mountain in the U.s. | Mount McKinley- Alaska |
Which Volcano in Oregon erupted in 1980 blowing part of the mountains peak off | Mount st. Helen |
How large is the U.s compared to other countries in the world | third largest |
what are examples of the U.s. physical features | piedmonts, great lakes, great plains, etc |
How large is Chicago compared to other cities in the Us | third largest city |
what area of the us has the most productive farming | midwest |
what are examples of us natural resources | oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, forests |
why is coal important to U.S. natural resources | it supplies energy for more than half of the U.S. electricity, is a major export, is mined in the Appalachian Mountains |
Silt from what provides fertile soil for farming | rivers |
From where to where produces most of the corn in the U.S. | Ohio to Nebraska |
what state is the country's major dairy producer | Wisconsin |
What makes Hawaii a major producer of pineapples | soil and mild climates |
Where are oil refineries and petrochemical plants located | in the south |
trade with canada is made easy by use of what | the Great Lakes |
When was NAFTA signed and what did it do | 1192 it made trade easier between us mexico and canada |
what city is the nations largest automotive producer | Detroit |
what makes the us a superpower | the us economy and military power |
tacos, pasta, and sushi are examples of what | influence of other countries within the us |
Hollywood, located in Las Angelas CA, is the nation what capital | entertainment |
7 out of 10 are what discent | European |
Europeans began to settle in north america when | 1500s |
what seaports were among the first cities to settle | Boston and New York |
What does the Declaration of Independence state | that all men are equal |
When did state delegates gather in Philadelphia gather to create the US constitution | September 17, 1787 |
What did many pioneers travel as far as 2000 miles in search of land and gold | the Oregon trail |
After what was the us recognized as an independent nation by britain | after defeating the british at yorktown |
what was launched on 9-11-01 in New York city in an attempt to disrupt the us economy | terrorist attack |