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Geography Chapter 6
PAMS Grade 6 Geography - Chapter 6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| include mountain ranges and river valleys from Maine to Alabama | Appalachians |
| divides North America's rivers into East and West flowing | Continental Divide |
| highest mountain in North America | Mount McKinley |
| warm all year | Tropical savanna |
| hot summers, drought, blizzards, violent weather | Steppe |
| very cold, most of Alaska | Tundra |
| territory controlled by people from a foreign land | Colony |
| basis of the limited democratic government of the United States | Constitution |
| speaking more than one language | bilingual |
| first industrial area of the United States | New England |
| states that border each other | contiguous |
| the American Indian name for Mt. McKinley | Denali |
| an area surrounded by higher ground | basin |
| a series of mountain ranges separated by high plains and valleys | Rocky Mountains |
| islands off the coast of Alaska | Aleutian Islands |
| violent weather, such as hail and tornadoes | Humid Subtropical |
| to add to | Annex |
| tallest trees in the world, in California | Redwood |
| cloth products | textiles |
| snowy winters and warm, humid summers | Humid Continental |
| a large farm that grows mainly one crop to sell | plantation |
| mineral found in the west and the Appalachians | coal |
| farmers produce a variety of crops instead of one main crop | diversify |
| a farming area above the wheat belt | Corn Belt |
| a huge, densely populated urban area | megalopolis |
| a farming area that produces mass ammounts of dairy | Dairy Belt |
| farming region from Texas to Canada | Wheat Belt |
| strip away soil and rock to find coal and other resources | strip mining |
| a smaller river that flows into a larger river | tributary |
| learned system of shared beliefs and behaviors | culture |
| Jewish place of worship | synagogue |
| the value of imports is more than the value of exports | trade deficit |
| the same temperature all year long | tropical |
| Islamic place of worship | mosque |