JICES 5th Grade Geography/History - Westward Expansion - Lesson 1
However, in _____, the Erie Canal opened successfully.
1825
The Rockies extended for more than ____ miles from Alaska to New Mexico.
3,000
Rivers to the east of the Continental Divide flow toward the _____ and _____ Ocean.
Arctic Atlantic
The St. Lawrence River forms 200 miles of the U.S. - Canada border and is one the largest rivers in _______.
Canada
The Hudson River was linked to Lake ____ by the Erie ______ in 1825.
Erie Canal
The _____ canal links the _____ River to Lake _____.
Erie Hudson Erie
The Rio Grande River forms 2/3 of the border between the U.S. and _____.
Mexico
The Erie Canal made _____ _____ City the largest and the most important city in the U.S.
New York
The Hudson River is located in ______.
New York
Two (2) of the main tributes to the Mississippi River are the ____ and the _____ rivers
Ohio Missouri
Rivers to the west of the Continental Divide flow toward the _____ Ocean.
Pacific
The Continental Divide runs north and south through the _____ Mountains.
Rocky
The Missouri River is located just north of ______ and was explored by _____ and _____.
St. Louis Lewis Clark
The James River is located in ______, near the site of Jamestown.
Virginia
The Columbia is located in ______ and ______ and was followed by Lewis and Clark to the ______ Ocean.
Washington Oregon Pacific
The Ohio River was the main route to the _____ until the building of the Erie Canal in 1825.
West
Plateau
a high, flat land
Canal
a man-made waterway
Continental Divide
a series of mountain ridges in the Rocky Mountains that divides the watershed of North America - east of the Rockies the watershed goes to the Atlantic or Artic Ocean; west of the Rockies the watershed goes to the Pacific Ocean
Tributary
a stream or river that flows directly into a major river and not into the ocean
The Appalachians prove to be a big _____ to people trying to travel West.
barrier
Because of the Erie Canal's success, _____ were a very popular way to travel West.
canals
The Rio Grande means ____ _____ and parts of run through _______.
large river Colorado
Many people ______ at the Erie Canal - no canal that ____ had ever been built before.
laughed long
The Mississippi River is the _____ river in North America.
longest
Canals are _____ _____ waterways that connects rivers and lakes.
man-made
The Appalachians are the _____ mountain chain in North America and stretch from Newfinland, Canada to Alabama.
oldest
The Erie Canal was used to transport _____ and goods to the West.
people
Many rivers serve as _____ to the West.
roads
Because the Rockies are more than twice as ______ as the Appalachians, they prove more of a problem to the travelers trying to move _______.
tall west
Erie Canal
the canal that joins Lake Erie to the Hudson River; opened in 1825
Rocky Mountains
the mountain chain that extends for more than 3,0000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico
Appalachian Mountains
the oldest mountain chain in North America, which stretches from Newfinland. Canada, down to Central Alabama
Great Plains
the plateau that is located east of the Rockies from Canada to Mexico
Building the Erie Canal took _____ of workers to build a 350 mile canal.
thousands
Many early _____ sprang up on the banks of rivers.
towns
