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Final Jeopardy
The Land
Bodies of
Water
Climate and
Vegetation
People and
The
Environment
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States and
Regions
An area with
many similar
features
What is a region?
The three largest
countries in North
America
What are the
United States,
Canada and
Mexico?
The climate here
is hot and dry.
What is the
Southwest region?
These regions have
hot summers and
cold winters
What are the
Midwest and
Northeast regions?
The state located at
35 N and 110W
What is Arizona?
It has worn away
the peaks of
mountains.
What is erosion?
A region’s climate
is one way to
describe this.
What is its
environment?
A large part of this
landform can be
found in Nevada.
What is the Great
Basin?
Low flat land along
the Atlantic coast
What is the Coastal
Plain?
The geography and
climate of the
United States
overall
What are a variety
of landforms;
including mountain
ranges, plains,
plateaus, hills and
a diverse climate?
A stream or river
that flows into a
larger stream or
river
What is a
tributary?
The land drained
by a river system
What is a drainage
basin?
Our largest lakes
What are the Great
Lakes?
The largest river
system in the
United States
What is the
Mississippi River?
It divides the river
systems that flow into
rivers going to the Gulf
of Mexico and the
Atlantic Ocean and
those that flow to the
Pacific Ocean.
What is
Continental
Divide?
The height of land
above sea level
What is elevation?
Distance from the
equator, from
oceans and large
bodies of water,
and elevation
What are factors
that affect climate
of a region?
Dry climate
What is arid?
Plant life that grows
naturally in a place
What is natural
vegetation?
It causes the
seasons
What is the Earth’s
revolution (orbit)
around the sun?
To change
What is modify?
Moving water to an
otherwise dry area
What is irrigation?
Something found
in nature that
people can use that
include soil, plants,
water and minerals
What are natural
resources?
One hundred years
What is a century?
People built dams
across these bodies
of water to form
reservoirs.
What are rivers?
Make your wager
The reason the
distance of a place
from the equator
affects its climate
What is the direct
sunlight that area
receives?