Question | Answer |
Acid Rain | Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants. |
Census | A population count taken by the Census Bureau |
Community | A group of people who share the same interests and concerns. |
Representative democracy | A government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf. |
erode | to wear away or destroy gradually |
Immigrant | a person who moves permanently to a new country |
metropolitan area | a large city and it surrounding suburbs |
natural resources | gifts of nature that make production possible |
economic system | the nation's way of producing things its people want and need |
agriculture | Cultivating soil, growing crops and raising livestock |
territory | land and coastal waters that are a political subdivision of a country |
landmark | a prominent identifying feature of a landscape or a building or site with historical significance. |
culture | shared ideas, beliefs and values of a part of a group of people |
climate | temperature, precipitation and wind of a particular region |
absolute location | latitude and longitude coordinates. |
relative location | the location using cardinal directions |
interdependent | mutually dependent |
abundance | a great amount of an item |
navigable | ships are able to pass through |
diversity | a point or respect in which tings are different |
megalopolis | a region made up of several large cities and their surroundings |
federal system | government in which power is shared between the states and the national government |
rural | the countryside |
urban | the city |
Name the five states that border the Pacific Ocean | Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii, Alaska |
What is the capital city of Oregon? | Salem |
What is the capital city of Washington | Olympia |
What is the capital city of California? | Sacramento |
What is the capital city of Alaska? | Juneau |
What is the capital city of Hawaii? | Honolulu |
Name the five states that border the Gulf of Mexico. | Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida |
What is the capital of Florida? | Tallahassee |
What is the capital city of Alabama? | Montgomery |
What is the capital city of Mississippi? | Jackson |
What is the capital city of Louisiana? | Baton Rouge |
What is the capital city of Texas? | Austin |
Name the 14 states that border the Atlantic Ocean. | Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine |
What is the capital city of Maine? | Augusta |
What is the capital city of New Hampshire? | Concord |
What is the capital city of Massachusetts? | Boston |
What is the capital city of Rhode Island? | Providence |
What is the capital city of Connecticut? | Hartford |
What is the capital city of New York? | Albany |
What is the capital city of New Jersey? | Trenton |
What is the capital city of Delaware? | Dover |
What is the capital city of Maryland? | Annapolis |
What is the capital city of Virginia? | Richmond |
What is the capital city of North Carolina? | Raleigh |
What is the capital city of South Carolina? | Columbia |
What is the capital city of Georgia? | Atlanta |
What is the capital city of Florida? | Tallahassee |
Name the five Great Lakes? | Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior |
Name the eight states that border the Great Lakes. | Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York. |
What is the capital city of Minnesota? | St. Paul |
What is the capital city of Wisconsin? | Madison |
What is the capital city of Michigan? | Lansing |
What is the capital city of Illinois? | Springfield |
What is the capital city of Indiana? | Indianapolis |
What is the capital city of Ohio? | Columbus |
What is the capital city of Pennsylvania? | Harrisburg |
What is the capital city of New York? | Albany |
Which four states meet and make the four corners? | Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico. |
What is the capital of Utah? | Salt Lake City |
What is the capital city of Colorado? | Denver |
What is the capital city of Arizona? | Phoenix |
What is the capital city of New Mexico? | Santa Fe |
What is the capital city of Nevada? | Carson City |
What is the capital city of Idaho? | Boise |
What is the capital city of Montana? | Helena |
What is the capital city of Wyoming? | Cheyenne |
What is the capital city of North Dakota? | Bismarck |
What is the capital city of South Dakota? | Pierre |
What is the capital city of Nebraska? | Lincoln |
What is the capital city of Kansas? | Topeka |
What is the capital city of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City |
What is the capital city of Iowa? | Des Moines |
What is the capital city of Missouri? | Jefferson City |
What is the capital city of Arkansas? | Little Rock |
What is the capital city of Kentucky? | Frankfort |
What is the capital city of Tennessee? | Nashville |
What is the capital city of West Virginia? | Charleston |
What is the capital city of Vermont | Montpelier |