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PacNw 214@SCC
chapters 1-4
9
History
Undergraduate 2
01/07/2010

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Term

Hells Canyon form the border between which two states?

 

 

What river flows through Hells Canyon?

Definition

Oregon and Idaho

 

 

The Snake River

Term

Which states make the geographic PacNW?

 

 

Name three natural borders to the PacNW region.

Definition

Washington, Idaho, and Oregon

 

 

The Pacific Ocean, The Klamath Mtns., The Great Basin Desert, and the Rocky Mtns.

Term
a colonial hinterland
Definition

the pacnw remoteness and the abundance of raw materials

 

 

definition: The land directly adjacent to and inland from a coast. 2. a. A region remote from urban areas; backcountry.

Term
John Muir
Definition
father of conservation
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special qualities that define the PacNW
Definition

regions spectacular setting

 

Term
Name the mtn. range that runs from California to British Columbia
Definition
The Cascade Range
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Captain Hook
Definition
3rd voyage
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