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28 Cards in this Set
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Cordillera |
A region of parallel mountain chains |
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Timberline |
The elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow |
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Contiguous |
Connected to |
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Continental divide |
Imaginary line through the Rocky Mountains separates two rivers |
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Irrigation |
A process by which water is applied to dry land |
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Chinook |
A dry wind |
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Ethanol |
A liquid fuel made by plants |
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National Parks |
Large areas of great natural beauty that has been set aside |
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Nomadic |
Always on the move |
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Pueblos |
Towns or villages in Spanish |
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Missions |
A catholic- based community in the west |
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Frontier |
A region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area |
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Manifest Destiny |
The idea that it was the right of Americans to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean |
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Annexed |
Take control of |
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Extinct |
No longer exist, disappear from earth |
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Reservations |
Lands set aside for Native Americans to live on |
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Dust Bowl |
The southern Great Plains during the severe drought of the 1930s |
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Topsoil |
The fertile soil that crops depend on to grow |
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Agribusinesses |
Firms that rely on machines |
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Aerospace |
An industry that makes vehicles that travel in the air and in outer space |
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Provinces |
Administrative units similar to states |
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Territories |
Lands administered by the national government |
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Shield |
Large area of relatively flat land compromised of ancient, hard rock |
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Coniferous |
Evergreen trees that produce cones that hold seeds and they have needles instead of leaves |
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Deciduous |
Trees that shed their leaves in the autumn |
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Archipelago |
A group of islands |
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Tundra |
A flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground |
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Fishery |
An area where fish come to feed in huge numbers |
