| A | B |
|---|
| Appalachian Mountains | main mountain range in the East |
| Great Lakes | largest group of freshwater lakes in the world |
| Mississippi River | North America’s largest and most important river |
| Tributary | smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river |
| Rocky | Mountains |
| continental divide | area of high ground that divides the flow of rivers toward opposite ends of a continent |
| colony | territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land |
| Boston | major seaport in the British colonies during the mid-1700s |
| New York | major seaport in the British colonies during the mid-1700s |
| Plantation | large farm that grows mainly one crop |
| Pioneers | first settlers in the West |
| U.S. Constitution | document spelling out the powers and function of the branches of the federal government |
| legislative branch | responsible for making laws |
| executive branch | carries out and enforces laws |
| judicial branch | interprets the laws in court cases |
| bilingual | people who speak two languages |
| Washington DC | the United States capital |
| Chicago | one of the busiest shipping ports on the Great Lakes |
| Detroit | located in Michigan and is the nation’s leading automobile producer |
| Seattle | Washington’s largest city and home to technology and aerospace companies |
| Terrorism | violent attacks to intimidate or cause fear |
