Chapter 12
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Continental Divide | an imaginary line that runs north and south along the peaks of the Rocky Mountains
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| volcano | a mountain formed when erupted lava cools and hardens onto Earth's surface
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| crater | a bowl-shaped area
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| lava | melted rock
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| earthquake | a sudden shaking of the ground
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| fault | cracks in Earth's outer layer
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| timberline | an area of land beyond which is too cold for trees to grow
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| highest peak in the U.S. | Mount McKinley, aka "Denali"
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| lowest level in the U.S. | Death Valley, CA
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| highest peak in Wyoming | Grand Teton
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| small movements along faults cause what? | earthquakes
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| Resources found in the west | land, forest, minerals, fuels, water, fish
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| much of the land in the west is too high or dry for | farming
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| Some crops grown in the west | grains, vegetables, fruit
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| Major Rivers | Missouri, Colorado, Columbia
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| largest natural lake | Great Salt Lake
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| time zone | a region in which all of the people use the same clock time
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| barrier | something that blocks the way
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| wagon train | a group of wagons pulled by horses, oxen, or mules
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| boomtowns | towns that grew very quickly when miners moved into an area
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| telegraph | machine that uses electricity to send messages
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| transcontinental railroad | a railroad that improved transportation through many states
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| what made long distance travel possible | rivers
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| explorers famous for exploring the west | Lewis and Clark
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| forty-niners | gold seekers who arrived in 1849
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| an opening between the Rocky Mountains where Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado meet | South Pass
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| The 49th and 50th state of the U.S. | Hawaii and Alaska
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| What brought settlers to the west | The South Pass and gold
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| public land | land that the government manages
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| hydroelectricity | electricity produced by water power
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| ecosystem | a community of living things and its environment
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| an explorer and recipient of the Presidential medal of freedom and other awards for conservation work | Margaret Murie
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