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