WG Ch 5 Review

What area experiences a rain shadow between the Pacific Ranges and the Rocky Mountains?

How did the availability of natural resources affect industrialization in the US?

Where do larger populations of Asians and Pacific islanders live in the US?

What city built levees that damaged the natural landscape that had protected from flooding?

Because of its immigration history, ____ in the United States.

Which statement is true about the US economy since the 1950s?

Why are Florida's Everglades important for us to protect the wetlands and swamps?

Why were the 1st factories in the US located along the fall line in the northeast?

What music style developed in the US in the early 1900s combining African with European flavor

_____ automobiles use fuel from corn and other organic sources which are less damaging.

A wind turbine is a source of ____ energy.

Why is the environment of the Gulf of Mexico important to the US economy?

What major river flows for 2350 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico?

Since the 1960s, the Manufacturing Belt has lost populations and businesses moved to the ______

What U.S. state has a variety of animals to include grizzly bears, bald eagles, wolves, etc.?

A series of safe houses that helped African slaves to to reach freedom during the Civil War...

What areas have not become leaders in the high-tech industry?

What region of Florida would have a variety of plants and animals?

Which 2 US states have the largest petroleum reserves?

What was the cause of the 2008 economic downturn in the US economy?