Unit 1 Review (US Geographic Regions, Continents, Oceans, and Native Americans)

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Across
  1. 2. These are the highest mountains in North America
  2. 7. The Great Plains and Interior Lowlands are both flat areas prone to these natural disasters
  3. 8. This region is the farthest north in the US and has forests, mountains, and icy winters
  4. 9. This river is the largest in the US and cuts through the Interior Lowlands regions
  5. 10. Europeans would have to cross this ocean on their way to North America.
  6. 11. These are the houses made of mud bricks in the southwest US by Native Americans with limited resources.
  7. 12. This point in the Basin and Range is known to be dry, hot, and the lowest point in North America.
  8. 14. Which continent did ancestors of Native Americans leave to come to the Americas?
  9. 15. This ocean is found along the Coastal Range of the US
  10. 18. This region is hot, dry, with deserts and mountains
  11. 19. These types of natural disasters happen frequently in the region of the Coastal Range.
Down
  1. 1. The oldest mountains in North American are worn down and rounded because of this process.
  2. 3. These are the oldest mountains in North America
  3. 4. This region is flat with few trees, and grows much of America's food
  4. 5. What were the shelters used by Native Americans on the Great Plains that allowed them to move and follow animals?
  5. 6. The Canadian Shield region had its rocky land cut and carved by these rivers of ice
  6. 8. This region stretches along the Atlantic coast of the US from Maine to Florida
  7. 13. The Coastal Range includes these areas of dense trees that grow large due to frequent precipitation.
  8. 16. Death Valley has the lowest ___ in North America
  9. 17. What are the large storms that come from the equator to hit the Coastal Plains each year?