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| U.S. and Canada make up what percentage of North America? |
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| landforms on eastern half are older than western half |
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| Landforms on which half of North America are older than the other half? |
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| islands formed along the Atlantic coast because the waves and currents deposit sand in the shallow water. |
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| area at or near the foot of a mountain region |
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| Is the boundary between the Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal Plain |
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| The Appalachian Mountains |
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| What rises to the west and north of the Piedmont? |
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| by the collision of North America with Africa 300 million years ago |
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| How were the Appalachian mountains created? |
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| What lie between the Appalachian Mts. and the Rockies and are drained by the Misssissippi River? |
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| The Great Plains are a sub-region of what? |
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| North of the Interior Plains is: |
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| What is an arc of ancient rock covering nearly half of Canada that is centered on the Hudson Bay? |
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| What mountain range stretches from New Mexico to Canada? |
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| the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada |
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| What two mountain ranges are located west of the Rockies and are near the Pacific Coast? |
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| a. Made of high plateaus with deep canyons, isolated mountain ranges, and desert basins |
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| lower area of land, generally surrounded by mountains |
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| How many feet below sea level is Death Valley? |
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| a. Two major mountain systems and a series of valleys between the mountains |
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| the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. |
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| Parts of California are on what 2 plates? |
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| Where do the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate meet? |
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| tops of submerged volcanoes that rise from the ocean floor |
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| place where magma wells up to the surface from Earth’s mantle |
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| What is the highest point in the U.S.A.? |
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| What “divides” North America’s major river systems into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward? |
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| Drains most of the interior plains of the United States; b. Provides an important network of waterways for trade and transportation |
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| St. Lawrence River System |
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| Connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean; drains most of Southeastern Canada |
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| Drains the interior plains and part of the Canadian Shield; Water from Lake Athabasca, the Great Slave Lake, and Great Bear Lake drain into the Mackenzie |
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