Lesson 1 Vocabulary
Terms to Know lock a gated passageway used to raise and lower ships in a system of connected canals tributary a small river that flows into another river levee a raised riverbank built to control flooding and reduce damage to homes and crops Continental Divide an imaginary line through the Rocky Mountains that separates rivers flowing west from rivers flowing east coastal plain a flat lowland next to a coast fall line an area where waterfalls flow from higher to lower ground ethanol a liquid fuel made in part from plants cordillera a region of parallel mountain chains timberline the elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow national park a park that was set aside for the public to enjoy its great natural beauty chinook a dry wind that sometimes blows in winter |
Lesson 2 Vocabulary
Terms to Know indigenous living or occurring naturally in a particular place nomadic describes a way of life in which a person or group lives by moving from place to place pueblo a town built by the Pueblo people in the American Southwest colonist a person sent to live in a new place and claim land for his or her home country data information Manifest Destiny the idea that it was the right of the United States to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean annex to take control of secede to withdraw from a group or a country agriculture growing crops and raising livestock to sell reservation an area of land that has been set aside for Native Americans industry manufacturing; making products to sell civil rights the basic rights that belong to all citizens terrorism the use of violence against civilians, by individuals or groups, to reach political goals |
Lesson 3 Vocabulary
Terms to Know citizen a person born in the United States, a person born outside the United States to a parent who is a citizen, or a person who goes through a legal process called naturalization capital the buildings, land, machines, money, and other items used to create wealth metropolitan area a large city, often a center of culture, education, business, and recreation topsoil the fertile soil that crops depend on to grow Rust Belt areas of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England where many factories closed in the 1980s service industry a business that provides a service rather than a product revenue the income that a business produces |