November 2020 Vocabulary
Appalachian Mountains – a 1,600 mile range of mountains that extend from Newfoundland, Canada to the state of Alabama in the United States.

Death Valley – located at the western edge of California, it is the hottest point in North America.

Rocky Mountains – a range of mountains that extends about 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico.

The Continental Divide – the line of highest points in the Rocky Mountains that mark the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward.

The Great Lakes – group of 5 lakes – Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior – located on the Canada and United States border.

Canadian Shied – rocky, mainly flat area that covers nearly 2 million miles that stretches north from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean, covering over half of Canada.

Everglades – a huge swampland in Southern Florida that covers nearly 4,000 square miles

Nomads – people who move from place to place.

Beringia – a land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska.

Locks – sections of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered.

Migration – movement of people or animals from one area to another.

Frontier – free, open land that is available and suitable for settlement.

Representative democracy – where the people rule through elected representatives.

Suburbs – communities outside of a city.

Columbian Exchange – the exchange of people, goods, and ideas between Europe, Asia, and Africa with America.

Louisiana Purchase – the purchase of vast plains region located between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains from France.

Megalopolis – a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together.

Metropolitan area – large cities and nearby suburbs and towns.

Free enterprise – an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control.

Multinational – a large and powerful company that produces and sells goods in many different countries.