Geography Ch. 5 - the US
Which two US States have the largest petroleum reserves?
Alaska and Texas
Oldest mountain range in the North America.
Appalachian Mts.
Where do the largest concentrations of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the US live?
Atlantic coast states and Pacific coast states
Today, most Americans in organized religions are ___.
Christians
The dry area between the Rocky Mts. and the Pacific Ranges.
Columbia Plateau
A series of canals, rivers and waterways that link the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway
The flat landscape that stretches hundreds of miles east of the Rocky Mts.
Great Plains
A region in the NE and Midwestern US characterized by its heavy industrial concentration.
Manufacturing Belt
A mild climate region that stretches in the southern and southwestern portions of the US.
Sun Belt
The number of businesses in the US has increased in the ___.
Sun Belt
What joint US Canadian project reduced pollution in the Nashua River and encouraged the construction of wastewater treatment plants?
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
The flat landscape east of the Rocky Mts.
The Great Plains
What is one reason to save the Florida Everglades?
They provide habitats for a great variety of vegetation and wildlife.
A channel or pipeline for moving large quantities of water.
aqueduct
The removal of whole forests when harvesting timber.
clear-cutting
Since the 1950s, has the number of jobs in US manufacturing increased or decreased.
decreased
A physical feature that determines the direction of river flow.
divide
The process by which a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients, encouraging the overgrowth of small plants, especially algae.
eutrophication
The eastern US boundary where the elevated Piedmont area drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain.
fall line
The place where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plains.
fall line
The Mason Dixon Line was a series of safe houses that helped thousands of African Americans escape slavery.
false
Chinook winds are typically moist and warm.
false - dry
The Columbia Plateau does not experience the rain shadow effect.
false - it does
A procedure in which a borrower gives up rights to a property due to the inability to repay the loan.
foreclosure
The source of a stream or a river.
headwaters
California's Silicon Valley is an example of this type of industry.
high-tech
A place on the ocean floor through which magma vents to create an underwater volcano that may grow into an island.
hot spot
A powerful tropical storm that forms over warm ocean waters.
hurricane
Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from pollution.
smog
A community lying on the fringes of a metropolitan area.
suburb
Why were the first factories in the US located along the fall line in the NE?
the waterfalls provided power for factories
A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river.
tributary
Biotechnology is a characteristic of a postindustrial economy.
true
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable.
true
NAFTA has created environmental issues along the Rio Grande.
true
New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the US.
true
The average household in the US uses 400 gals. of water daily.
true
The largest group of foreign-born residents living in the US come from Latin America.
true
The type of music that developed in the US during the 1900s that combined African rhythms with European harmonies was called jazz.
true
Marshes, swaps and ponds are include in areas known as __.
wetlands
