history test
this is for history test on thursday
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- Mt. St. Helens
- the large volcano in the Cascades that erupted on May 18, 1980
- Yosemite Falls
- North Americas highest waterfall
- salmon
- the fish that is born in freshwater streams, migrates to the ocean, and travels back to its birthplace to lay eggs
- fauna
- the animals of a region
- Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding
- the first white women to journey west of the Rockies
- grizzly bear
- the bear considered to probably be the most dangerous animal in North America
- grand canyon
- the world's largest canyon
- California Condor
- the largest land bird in North America
- moutain lion
- the second largest cat in the Western Hemisphere
- General Sherman
- world largest tree
- prickly pear
- the most widespread cactus
- flora
- the term referring to the plants of a specific region
- carlsbad cavern
- the world most spectacular limestone caverns
- bristlecone pine
- the long-livinig tree found there
- puma cougar and panther
- three other common names for the moutain lion
- Great Basin Desert
- largest desert area in the united states
- reservation
- the term that is used for a piece of land set aside by the government as a home for an Indian tribe
- Sacagawea
- the most famous shoshone woman who traveled across America with Lewis and Clark
- Navajo
- the largest Indian tribe in the United States
- the Rockies
- the backbone of North Americaanimal ijn North America
- gila monster
- the most poisonous lizard found in the deserts of North America
- Great Basin Desert Colorado Plateau Mojava Desert Sonoran Desert Chihauhaun Desert
- the five regions that make up the large North American Desert
- night time
- the time most desert animals are more active
- Crater Lake
- the deepest lake in the United States
- Yellowston National Park
- the oldest park in the world and one of the largest in North America
- continental divide
- a stretch of high land that divides in North America
- Mount Rainier and Mount Shasta
- two moutain ranges found in the Pacific Moutains