| A | B |
|---|
| Pacific Mountains | Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Alaska Range |
| Highest Mountain in US | Mt. McKinley |
| Rocky Mountains | 3,000 miles long, in both Canada and US |
| Great Plains | in center of the US 300 miles by 700 miles |
| Death Valley | lowest place in US, in Great Basin |
| Candian Shield | core of rock located in Canada, goes from the Hundon and James Bay to Atlantic O. |
| Appalachian Mountains | oldest mountains in US |
| Hawaii | 8 major islands, 24 small islands |
| Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island | two provinces of Canada |
| Continental Divide | divides the flow of water between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Headwaters | source of water (mountains, smaller streams) |
| Mississippi River | commercial waterway starting in Minnesota, ending at the Gulf of Mexico |
| St. Lawrence River | borders US and Canada, important highway for Canada |
| Cities on the St. Lawrence River | Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa |
| Great Lakes (HOMES) | Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior |
| How the Great Lakes were formed | glacier movement |
| Fossil fuels such as coal petroleum, natural gas | formed from decay of animals and plants |
| Minerals (gold silver, copper, iron, nickel) | nonrenewable resources often found in and around mountains |
| Renewable resource | timber |
| Southern Climates have | warm and west climates, warm and dry climates |
| Fisheries | places for catching fish |
| Grand Banks | One of Canada's richest fishing grounds |
| Aquaculture | fish farming |
| Southeast climate | Humid subtropical - rainy summers, mild winters |
| Florida Everglades | swampy, deciduous forests |
| Tip of Florida | tropical |
| Hawaii, Puerto Rico | tropical west climates with rain forest |
| Rain shadow causes | desert areas between Pacific Range and Rocky Mts. |
| Death Valley | Hnghest US temperature ever 134 degrees |
| Mediterranean climate | central and southern California |
| Humid continental | Great Plains (cold winters, hot summers) |
| 1930s | Dust Bowl, Great Depression, migration out of Great Plains |
| Timberline | Point where above trees do not grow |
| Chinook | Warm, dry winds blow down mountains |
| Highland Climates | Climates of the Rocky Mts. and Pacific Ranges |
| Marine West Coast Climate | Coastal climate California to Canada, winters rainy, summers cool |
| Subarctic Climate | Alaska -cold, mixed and coniferous forests |
| Tundra climate | along Arctic coast, little to no vegetation |
| Ice Cap | in Greenland - layers of ice and snow up to 2 miles thick, some lichens grow there |
