Chapter 19 review

Contiguous

Joined together inside a common boundary?

There are 48 states in the contiguous United States name the 2 states that are not?

Alaska and Hawaii

Coastal Plains

Includes the Atlantic coastal plain and Gulf coastal plain?

MegalopolisCities and their suburbs that form a huge

settlement

Appalachian Mountains

• On the western edge of the Atlantic coastal plain and has the oldest mountains in the U.S.

Interior Plains

• Includes:– Great lakes area– Mississippi river area– Great plains

Mountains and Plateaus

• Rocky mountains run from Alaska to Mexico

• Continental divide separates rivers that flow east and west

The Pacific Coast

• Includes the Cascade mountain range and Sierra Nevada mountain range and fertile valleys.

Alaska

• Borders the arctic circle

Submerged structures made from skeletons of small sea animals

coral reefs

Free enterprise system

• Idea that people have the right to run businesses to make a profit

• Governments have little interference

½

• U.S. farms produce of the worlds corn and 20% of the worlds beef, pork, and lamb.

Landfills

Places where trash is dumped– getting higher every year

Recycling

• Reusing things instead of throwing them away

True or False. The United States has some of the worst healthcare in the world.

False

From Asia across the Bering strait

Where do we think the first Americans came from?

Citizens elect representatives to make laws

Representative Democracy

Constitution

• Tells people what the government can and can’t do

After World War II

• When did the U.S. become a world leader?

English

What is the main language of the U.S.

False

True or False. English is the national language of the U.S.

Suburb

• What are small communities that surround a larger city?

Department of Homeland Security

Est. September 11, 2001

Helps government agencies to protect the nation from attacks

3rd

• U.S. has the largest population in the world– 285 million people

Amend

To change a constitution

Federal Republic

• Government divided between a national government and state governments