The United States: Module 6

The main mountain range in the Eastern United States.

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Olympic Mountains

• Cascade Mountain Range

The largest group of freshwater lakes in the world.

• Great Salt Lake

• Lake Victoria

• Great Lakes

• Lake Chelan

America's largest river; west of the Great Lakes.

• Columbia River

• Missouri River

• Ohio River

• Mississippi River

In the West, this is the country's most rugged mountain range.

• Cascade Mountain Range

• Rocky Mountains

• Olympic Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

An area of high ground that divides the flow of rivers toward opposite ends of the continent.

• Continental Divide

• American Divide

• Northern Range

• Cascade Mountains

A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land.

• state

• country

• colony

• continent

A major seaport city within the 13 colonies.

• Boston

• Miami

• Chicago

• St. Louis

A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.

• gulf

• delta

• creek

• tributary

The first settlers who traveled west.

• settlers

• pioneers

• immigrants

• quakers

Branch of the government responsible for making laws.

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• cabinet