PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Great Lakes - Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and Lake Michigan. It's the worlds largest group of freshwater lakes.
Mississippi River - the longest river in the U.S.
Appalachian Mountains - the mountain range that reaches from Canada to Alabama, U.S.
Rocky Mountains - a mountain range that lies in the Western Mountains and Plateau.
Great Plains - the area in which Great Plains/Midwest Indians lived
Harbor - an area for ships to stop
Canyon - a canyon is a deep ravine or gorge with pairs of cliffs
Great Plains Native Americans - lived in tepees, hunted buffalo, and bred horses. They lived in the plains
Northwest coast - had totem poles in front of their house, dugout boats from trees, and went on great whale hunts
Southwest Desert Native Americans - lived in cliff houses, made pottery and wove baskets, grew corn and beans
Eastern Woodlands Native Americans - lived in wigwams and tepees. Lived near a water source, grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, and tobacco.
Christopher Columbus - an adventurer who found the Americas.
Ferdinand Magellan - named the Pacific Ocean because it was so peaceful
Colony - when people leave their native country to explore more land
Columbian Exchange - a trade between England, Africa, and the Americas.
Urban - another word for city