Vocabulary North America

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Temperate

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Mild, moderate climates

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Contiguous

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Sharing an edge or boundary; touching; all connected in one block.

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Indigenous

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Native to a certain area

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Transcontinental

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Spanning or crossing a continent.

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Subsistence farming

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A type of farming in which farmers grow only enough food for their families to eat.

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Rain Shadow Effect

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Precipitation falls on the windward side of a mountain range, resulting in lush vegetation & a warm, moist climate on one side, but a desert area on the leeward side.

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Cenote

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Mayan for "Sacred Wells"; Underground pools revealed by sinkholes.

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Great Lakes

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Largest group of fresh water lakes in the world; Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.

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Cordillera

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A system of several mountain ranges that run parallel to one another.

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Great Plains

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A mostly flat vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains in western North America.