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The United States (West) Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a region of parallel mountain chains

a)

cordillera

b)

chinook

c)

topsoil

d)

irrigation

2.

a dry wind that sometimes blows over the Great Plains in winter

a)

cordillera

b)

chinook

c)

topsoil

d)

irrigation

3.

the fertile soil that crops depend on to grow

a)

cordillera

b)

chinook

c)

topsoil

d)

irrigation

4.

the process of collecting water and using it to water crops

a)

cordillera

b)

chinook

c)

topsoil

d)

irrigation

5.

yearly

a)

annual

b)

decline

c)

significant

d)

create

6.

to reduce in number

a)

annual

b)

decline

c)

significant

d)

create

7.

important

a)

annual

b)

decline

c)

significant

d)

create

8.

to make

a)

annual

b)

decline

c)

significant

d)

create

9.

an imaginary line through the Rocky Mountains that separates rivers that flow west from rivers that flow east

a)

Continental Divide

b)

national park

c)

Mormon

d)

Dust Bowl

10.

a park that has been set aside for the public to enjoy for its great natural beauty

a)

Continental Divide

b)

national park

c)

Mormon

d)

Dust Bowl

11.

a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

a)

Continental Divide

b)

national park

c)

Mormon

d)

Dust Bowl

12.

the southern Great Plains during the severe drought of the 1930s

a)

Continental Divide

b)

national park

c)

Mormon

d)

Dust Bowl

13.

the elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow

a)

timberline

b)

contiguous

c)

agribusiness

d)

aerospace

14.

joined together inside a common boundary

a)

timberline

b)

contiguous

c)

agribusiness

d)

aerospace

15.

an industry based on huge farms that rely on machines and mass-production methods

a)

timberline

b)

contiguous

c)

agribusiness

d)

aerospace

16.

the industry that makes vehicles that travel in the air and in outer space

a)

timberline

b)

contiguous

c)

agribusiness

d)

aerospace