What body of water is known as the “Gateway to the West?”

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What body of water is known as the “Gateway to the West?” Bodies of Water What body of water is known as the “Gateway to the West?”

Ohio River

Bodies of Water What body of water is the westernmost river that Lewis & Clark explored?

Columbia River

Bodies of Water What body of water is known as the “Highway for Explorers, settlers, & immigrants?”

Atlantic Ocean

Bodies of Water What body of water was explored by the Spanish & flows into the Pacific Ocean?

Colorado River

What body of water forms the border between Mexico & the US? Bodies of Water What body of water forms the border between Mexico & the US?

Rio Grande

Bodies of Water What body of water is known as a “Transportation Artery”& flows into the Gulf of Mexico?

Mississippi River

Bodies of Water What body of water has many inland ports cities (ex: Chicago) were established here?

The Great Lakes

Bodies of Water What body of water carried farm and industrial equipment into the Mississippi River?

Missouri River

What body of water was known as an “Early Exploration Route”? Bodies of Water What body of water was known as an “Early Exploration Route”?

Pacific Ocean

Bodies of Water What body of water was explored by the French & Spanish and the Rio Grande flows into it?

Gulf of Mexico

Bodies of Water What body of water forms a partial border between Eastern Canada & New York?

St. Lawrence River

Bodies of Water What is a lake?

Bodies of Water What is a River?

Bodies of Water What is a gulf?

Bodies of Water What is a bay?

Bodies of Water What is a tributary?

Bodies of Water What is a mountain?

Bodies of Water What is a hill?

Bodies of Water What are Plains?

Bodies of Water What is a Peninsula?

Bodies of Water What is an island?

Bodies of Water What is a plateau?

Geographic features are related to:

1. Patterns of trade 2. Locations of cities and towns 3. Westward (frontier) movement 4. Agriculture and fishing industries

Be sure you can label and locate the bodies of water

Be sure you can label and locate the Regions