US History 1 set 1
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- How many continents are there?
- Seven
- Name the seven continents..
- North America; South America; Africa; Asia; Australia; Antarctica; Europe
- The land mass that includes both Europe and Asia is called:
- Eurasia
- Name the eight geographic regions of North America.
- Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range.
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
• Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors - Coastal Plain
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama
• Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America) - Appalachian Mountains
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Name the geographic region described:
• Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape
• Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
• Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America - Canadian Shield
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains
• Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills - Interior Lowlands
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains
• Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward; grasslands - Great Plains
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range
• Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico; high elevations
• Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the direc - Rocky Mountains
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada's and the Cascades
• some small mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America - Basin and Range
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Name the geographic region described:
• Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada
• Fertile valleys - Coastal Range
- This ocean served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants.
- The Atlantic Ocean
- This river was the gateway to the west.
- The Ohio River
- Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along these lakes.
- The Great Lakes
- These rivers were the transportation arteries for farm and industrial products. They were links to ports and other parts of the world.
- The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
- This river was explored by Lewis and Clark.
- The Columbia River
- This river was explored by the Spanish.
- The Colorado River
- This river forms the border with Mexico.
- The Rio Grande
- This body of water provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of America
- The Gulf of Mexico
- These American Indians lived in present-day Alaska and northern Canada. They lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing much of the year.
- Inuit
- These Indians lived in the Pacific Northwest coast, where the climate was rainy and mild.
- Kwakiutl
- These Indians lived on the Great Plains. This region, which is covered by dry grasslands, is in the interior part of the United States.
- Sioux
- These Indians lived in the Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona, where they lived in desert areas and areas bordering cliffs and mountains
- Pueblo
- These Indians lived in the heavily forested Eastern Woodland in the Northeast.
- Iroquois
- What factors greatly affected the way each of the American Indian groups lived, found food, and built shelters?
- Geography and climate
- What did Iroquois Indians of the Eastern Woodland use to build their homes?
- Wood from the forests.
- Which Indian group lived in tepees made from buffalo skin?
- Sioux
- Why did European countries compete for power in North America?
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Reasons for exploration
• Economic—Gold, natural resources, and trade
• Religious—Spread of Christianity
• Competitions for empire and belief in superiority of own culture - What were the obstacles faced by the explorers?
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• Poor maps and navigational tools
• Disease/starvation
• Fear of unknown
• Lack of supplies