US History GeoCult Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Settlement of the Great Plains | Human Geography Plains Indians settled first;invention of steel plow made farming easier;The Homestead Act encouraged settlement. |
Settlement of the Great Plains | Physical Geography middle of the country extreme temperatures and climate (hot summers, cold winters) flat,wide open spaces=excellent for farming |
Klondike Gold Rush | Human Geography Thousands suffering from an economic depression left their lives behind in the late 1800's seeking to make their fortunes |
Klondike Gold Rush | Physical Geography Alaska was seen as a large and distant source of raw materials. |
Panama Canal | Human Geography The Us supported the revolution of this country & in exchange given permission to build this & control a territory 5 miles around it. The US gave back control in the 1990's. |
Panama Canal | Physical Geography 48 miles of international waterways between the Atlantic & Pacific Ocean that saves an 8,000 mile journey around the southern tip of South America.(Cape Horn) |
The Dust Bowl | Human Geography Farmers misused their lands by over planting & not rotating crops resulting in millions of useless acres which forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes. |
The Dust Bowl | Physical Geography Years of sustained drought dried up the lands;winds carried clouds of dust & sand |
Levee failure in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina | Human Geography Engineering Failure |
Levee failure in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina | Physical Geography The wind & storm surge at high tide was overwhelming. |
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