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| Name the five regions of the United States | West, Southwest, Middle West, Southeast, Northeast
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| What is the climate in the West region? | Arid. Rainy in the NW.
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| What is the climate in the Southwest region? | Arid. Temperatures vary with latitude.
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| What is the climate in the Midwest region? | Humid in the east. Arid in the west.
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| What is the climate in the Southeast region? | Humid, mild winters and hot summers.
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| What is the climate in the Northeast region? | Humid, cold winters and hot summers.
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| Name landforms of the West. | CONTINENTAL DIVIDE and mountains
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| Name landforms of the Southwest. | GRAND CANYON & PAINTED DESERT
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| Name landforms of the Middle West. | Black Hills, GREAT LAKES, GREAT PLAINS
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| Name landforms of the Southeast. | MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Coastal Plains
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| Name landforms of the Northeast. | Appalachian Mountains, Coastal Plains, Finger Lakes
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| Name crops of the West | GRAPES, CITRUS FRUITS, POTATOES
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| Name crops of the SW | Cattle
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| Name crops of the Midwest | Corn "Corn Belt"
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| Name crops of the SE | PEANUTS, ORANGES, COTTON
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| Name crops of the NE | Steel, SEAFOOD
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| Which region has more people moved too recently? | Southwest
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| Which region is called the "Bread Basket"? | Middle West
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| Name resources of the West. | lead, zinc, cedar, birch salmon, tuna, deer, oil, minerals, forests
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| Name resources of the Soutwest. | Iron, Oak, Cactus, shrimp, deer, rabbit, natural gas, oil, minerals, copper
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| Name resources of the Middle West. | iron, maple, bass, oil, copper, sunflower, deer, coal, minerals
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| Name resources of the Southeast. | Iron, pine, mangrove, shrimp, bears, coals, natural gas, minerals
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| Name resources of the Northeast. | granite, copper, fir, lobster, scallops, (seafood), deer, coal
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| Arid America | receives less than 20 inches of precipitation a year.
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| Geography | The study of Earth and the way the people live on it and use it
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| Interdependent | dependent of each other to meet needs and wants
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| Megalopolis | group of cities that have grown so close together that they seem to form one city
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| Non-renewable resource | a material found in nature that connot be replaces usch as coal, oil and natural gas.
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| Renewable resource | material found in nature that can be replaced, such as forests
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| Region | a large are with common features that set it apart from other areas
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| Climate | the weather of an area over a number of years
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| Natural Resource | a material found in nature that people use to meet their needs and wants
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| Economy | ways a country's people use natural resources, money and knowledge to produce goods and services.
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| Mineral | A substance found in the Earth that is neither plant nor animal.
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| Conservation | The protection and careful use of natural resources.
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| Acid Rain | precipitaion containing harmful chemical pollution that can destroy trees and wildlife and poison water.
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| Humid America | receives more than 20 inches of precipitation a year.
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| Which regions are Arid? | West, Southwest, western part of Midwest
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| Which regions are Humid? | Southeast, Northeast, eastern part of Midwest
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| Which region is the Grand Canyon located in? | Southwest
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| Which region is the Great Lakes in? | Middle West
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| Which region has seafood as a crop? | Northeast
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| Which region includes the Mississippi River? | Southeast
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| Which region has grapes, citrus fruit, and potatoes as crops? | West
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| Which region includes the Continental Divide as a landform? | West
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| Which region has cold winters and hot summers? | Northeast
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| Name the regions of the United States. | West, Southwest, Southeast, Middle West, Northeast
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| List the five features used to define regions. | Location, climate, landforms, resources, crops
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| List the factors that determine a region's climate. | Temperature, precipitation
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| Humid America stretches from Atlantic Ocean to where? | The Great Plains
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| Name a nonrenewable resource. | Oil, coal, natural gas
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| Example of how two regions can be interdependent. | Depending on another region for something. Midwest depends on the Northeast for lobster.
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| How are weather and climate different? | Weather-temperature and precipitation
Climate-weather over a long period of time
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