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Review questions from Chapter 5: The United States

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What regions of the United States are located in the East?

Piedmont, The Coastal Plains, The Appalachian Mountains and Plateaus

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What regions of the United States are centrally located?

The Central Plains and Great Plains

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What regions of the United States are located in the West?

Alaska, Hawaii, The Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, and the Pacific Mountain Ranges

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What factors are many of the landforms in the US resulting from?

plate tectonics, faults, folding, volcanic activity, weathering, and erosion

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An underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment from which groundwater can be extracted

aquifer

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the longest river in the United States

Missouri

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What is a river's source called?

headwaters

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What two things greatly impact the various climates in the western United States?

Westerly winds and temperatures of the Great Plains

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What is the climate like in the eastern part of the United States?

generally cool and humid

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Name at least five natural resources found in the United States.

gold, silver, iron, aluminum ore, fish, copper, coal, zinc, lead, petroleum, and wood

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The type of government the United States has

federal republic

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The three branches of the United States government

legislative (Congress), executive (president), and judicial (Supreme Court)

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Name a few examples of local governments within the United States.

counties, townships, boroughs, and cities

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What amendment of the Constitution delegates certain powers to the national government and reserves all other powers to the individual states?

tenth

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What principle is included in the Constitution that divides the national government into three distinct branches to prevent any elected official or branch from becoming too powerful?

separation of powers

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Found in what is the foundation of American freedom?

Declaration of Independence

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