Geography chapter 5

Aqueduct

A channel or pipeline for moving large quantities of water

Conflict

A competition or struggle

Ashcan School

A group of American artist who painted the gram realities of urban America in the early 1900s

Megalopolis

A large population concentration made up of several large in many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washington DC

Dry farming

A method used in which crops are grown that rely only on natural precipitation

Sun belt

A mild climate region in the Southern in south western portion of the United States

Divide

A physical feature that determines the direction of river flow

Hotspot

A place on the ocean floor through which magma vents to create an underwater volcano that may grow into an island

Hurricane

A powerful tropical storm that forms over warm ocean waters

What is a foreclosure

A procedure in which a borrower gives up rights to property due to the inability to repay the loan

Manufacturing belt

A region in the north eastern in the mid western United States characterized by its heavy industrial concentration

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway

A series of canals, rivers, waterways that link the Great Lakes with the Atlantic ocean

To human activities that can cause water pollution are_________________ and_________________, especially in the region of the _______________________

Agriculture; industrialization; Great Lakes

Which to US states have the largest petroleum reserves

Alaska and Texas

In what order did groups of people come to settle in the US

Asian, Native Americans, Spanish, French

Which of the following is an economic activity characteristic of a post industrial economy

Biotechnology

Smog is a kind of atmospheric Pollution caused mainly by exhaust emissions from _______________and______________

Burning fossil fuels (industry); automobiles

How to aqueducts help support California's large population

By bringing freshwater from far away

How does fall line affect human activity

Cities grow along the fall line

Two major times of political division that occur during 1800s

Civil war and fight for independence

What is the area between the Pacific Ranges and the Rocky Mountains that often experiences the rain shadow effect?

Columbia Plateau

Suburb

Community lying on the fringes of a metropolitan area

Two is acid rain affect human systems is that it ______________________ and pollutes the _______________

Corrodes stone and metal buildings; soil

How does the continental divide affect the flow of Rivers

Divides continental watersheds to flow to the pacific ocean and Atlantic

Post industrial

Economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing

The United States has taken many steps towards protecting the:

Environment

What is the trend of the land as we travel east word from the Rockies to the Appalachians

Flattens considerably to form the great plains

What is the name of the economic system used in US

Free market, American dream

People in the United States use much more of what then people in any other country

Freshwater

What's 2 physical processes shaped many of the landforms in the United States

Glacial activity and tectonic plate movement

Another reason the United States is working so diversify energy sources and lessen its dependence on fossil fuels is in response to:

Global warming and greenhouse gas

Smog

Haze caused by interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from pollution sources

What kind of severe weather does the United States often experience

Hurricanes and tornadoes

Three sources of renewable energy that are growing in popularity

Hydroelectric, solar and wind

What is the course of the Mississippi river

Is 2350 miles long - starts in Minnesota and ends in the Gulf of Mexico

How did the level of available natural mineral resources affect industrialization in the United States

It speeded industrialization because the country had abundant and easy access to mineral resources.

What type of music developed in the United States during the early 1900s that combined African Rhythms and European harmonies

Jazz

Three ways that acid rain causes damage in the north eastern forest is that it __________,___________and_____________

Kills plants and animals; pollute water; plants air and damages forests

How did the United States grow in the 1800s

Louisiana purchase, and industrialization

What does the three megalopolis have in common

Made up of many large and many smaller cities and is linked to World trade - super city

Why is the Great Lakes St. Lawrence seaway system important?

Make cities powerful trade in industrial centers

What needs were answered by wesrward expansion

Many immigrants needed land as there was more need for food for growing cities, culture grew and sped up growth of US

What large scale movement of people took place during the 1800s

Many moved from farms to cities, immigrants moved from Europe ,Mexico, and China to the US

How has the role of women changed in today society

More women work outside home, more women graduate ithan men, women tend to wait longer to have kids and get married

Forest

One of the United States major natural resources

How have centers a population shifted in the United States in the past 50 years

People moved from rural areas to cities

Wetlands are threatened or lost because of _________________ and because they are _____________________

Pollution; converted to agricultural or urban land use

Why is the US called a post industrial economy

Services and technology replace agriculture and manufacturing

Headwaters

Source of a stream or river

Since the 1960s, the population of the manufacturing belt has declined while the number of businesses moving to the_______has increased

Sun belt- nicer weather

Five great Lakes

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario

Which event was the first to bring terrorism inin the United States into sharp focus

The 9/11 attacks on world trade towers

Where do the largest concentration of Asian and pacific islanders live in the United States

The Atlantic coast states and Pacific coast states

What major mountain ranges were shaped by tectonic plate activity

The appellations, Pacific and Rocky Mountains

Columbia plateau

The dry area between Pacific Ranges and the Rocky Mountains

Fall line

The eastern United States boundary where the elevated Piedmont area drops to the lower Atlantic coastal plain

What are the great plains of the United States

The flat landscape east of the Rockies

Great plains

The flat landscapes that stretches hundreds of miles east of the Rockies

What joint US - Canadian project reduce pollution in the Nashua river and encouraged the construction of waste water treatment plants

The great lakes water quality agreement

Which of the following statements accurately describes changes in the United States economy since the 1950s

The number of jobs in manufacturing has declined and we have turned to service and technology

Clear cutting

The removal of whole forest while harvesting timber

How did glaciers is eventually affect economic growth around the Great Lakes

The uncovered major deposits of natural resources - iron ore and Coal

What did mortgages have to do with the economic downturn that began in 2008

There were too many mortgages issued to people who could not afford to pay them. The homes went into foreclosure and caused some banks to fail, or led to government bailouts of many other banks. At the same time, unemployment rose. The weakness of United States markets weakened world markets.

Wetlands are necessary because ________________and________________

They hold valuable water supplies and fisheries ; buffer coastal areas for storms and floods

Why is it important to protect wetlands and swamp such as Florida Everglades

They provide habitats for a great variety of vegetation and wildlife

Shift

To change place of direction

Contribute

To give or add to

Abandon

To give up or let sit unused

Immigrate

To move from one country to another

Alter

To partly change something

What was the series of safe houses that helped thousands of African-Americans escape slavery before the Civil War?

Underground Railroad

What process is created the Hawaiian island chain

When magma irrupt it from a spot on the seafloor

Tributary

a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river

How did the Great Lakes form

by glacier basins filling with water

It is important to conserve fossil fuels because they are:

nonrenewable energy sources

Eutrophication

the process by which a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients, encouraging the overgrowth of small plants, especially algae

Why did the 13 colonies fight a war for independence from Britain

to escape Britain's taxes and limits on colonists' freedoms