the 16th president of the United States; Lincoln, president during the Civil War, was assassinated in 1865
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the Spanish name for sun-dried bricks, or for a house built with such bricks; people have used adobe bricks to build houses and other structures in desert regions for thousands of years
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAlbert EinsteinB
German-born physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921; when Hitler threatened the Jews in Germany, Einstein came to the United States in the 1930s
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a mountain range extending between Canada and the Southeastern region of the United States
Ec[000000]f[16]LBapricotB
a golden, peach-like fruit with a pit that is grown principally in California
Ec[000000]f[16]LBartichokeB
a large, gray-green vigorous plant that looks like a thistle; the large flower buds are edible; it is grown principally in California
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAsiaB
one of the great land masses of the globe, located in the eastern hemisphere
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAtlantic OceanB
the ocean bordering the United States on the east coast
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbayouB
a shallow, curving channel filled with slow-moving, sometimes stagnant water
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBig Bend National ParkB
the last great wilderness area of Texas; it covers 801,163 acres and includes the Chisos Mountains
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBill of RightsB
the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which was ratified in 1788 and protected the powers of the states from the federal government
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbiologyB
the study of living things; an extensive science including botany, zoology, bacteriology, genetics, and many others
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBlack HillsB
a range of low mountains located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBrooklyn, New YorkB
one of the five boroughs of New York City; it is the second largest borough, with an area of about 80 square miles
B Ec[000000]f[16]BLBryce Canyon National ParkB
a region in southwest Utah which contains some of the most oddly shaped and beautifully colored rocks in the world; the park covers about 56 square miles
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCascade MountainsB
a chain of mountains that extends from northern California through Oregon and Washington into southern British Columbia
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchemistryB
the science of the properties of elements and their compounds
Ec[000000]f[16]LBChicagoB
the largest city in the Midwest, located in the state of Illinois
Ec[000000]f[16]LBChineseB
the people who live in China; the Chinese have lived in China since long before recorded history; China, along with Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia, is considered one of the cradles of civilization
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCivil Rights MovementB
the political movement of the 1960s seeking equal rights for all minorities; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the leaders of this movement
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCivil WarB
the war fought between the Northern and Southern states from 1861-65 that resulted in more than 600,000 casualties; slavery was the basic issue that divided the states
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcoalB
a brittle black or brown rock that can be burned and that was formed from plants millions of years ago
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcontinentB
one of the great land masses of the globe
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcornB
a grass that grows from three to ten feet tall and produces an ear covered with rows of kernels or seeds
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcottonB
the most important plant fiber that man uses to make clothing
Ec[000000]f[16]LBDeclaration of IndependenceB
a declaration adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in which the 13 British colonies in North America declared that they were independent states
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdegreeB
one three-hundred-sixtieth part of a circle
Ec[000000]f[16]LBDr.B BMartin Luther King, Jr.B
American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who was assassinated in 1968
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a dark-skinned people living mainly in southern India; most practice the Hindu religion
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEnglish languageB
the principal language of the United States and Great Britain
Ec[000000]f[16]LBequatorB
a horizontal line around the earth marking points halfway between the poles
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEskimosB
hardy people who live in the cold Arctic regions of North America; Eskimos belong to the Mongoloid stock, with straight black hair, brown eyes, high cheekbones, and wide faces
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEuropeB
one of the great land masses of the globe, located in the northern and eastern hemispheres
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEverglades National ParkB
a 1,506,500-acre park in the southwestern tip of Florida; it includes Ten Thousand Islands along the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Everglades and the Big Cypress Swamp
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFranklin Delano RooseveltB
the 32nd president of the United States; he served as president from 1933-45, longer than any other U.S. president
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the science of the structure of the earth
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgeyserB
a natural spring that throws up hot water with explosive force from time to time
Ec[000000]f[16]LBglacierB
a field of ice slowly moving down a valley
Ec[000000]f[16]LBGrand Canyon National ParkB
a 1,218,375-acre park in north and central Arizona that includes 105 miles of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River
Ec[000000]f[16]LBGrand Ole OpryB
a theater in Nashville, Tennessee, called "the home of country music"
Ec[000000]f[16]LBGrand Teton National ParkB
an area of mountains, lakes, and forests in northwestern Wyoming, covering 310,443 acres
Ec[000000]f[16]LBGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkB
a 520,269-acre park lying on either side of the boundary between North Carolina and Tennessee; the park contains some of the most extensive virgin hardwood and red spruce forests in the United States
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgrid patternB
the practice of laying out streets in a city that are straight and that intersect each other at right angles; the streets form a pattern of squares or rectangles
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHawaiiansB
descendants of the people who came to live in the Hawaiian Islands hundreds of years ago; the Polynesians, who sailed to Hawaii in their giant canoes from other Pacific islands about 2,000 years ago, were the first people to live in the Hawaiian Islands
Ec[000000]f[16]LBhemisphereB
the two halves of the earth, north and south
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHollywoodB
the district of Los Angeles, California, where most movies and network television programs are produced
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHomo sapiensB
all humans belong to the species Homo sapiens, which means that the genetic material of all people is so similar that all humans can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
Ec[000000]f[16]LBIndiansB
the first people to live in America; they made their home in North and South America thousands of years before Christopher Columbus reached the Western Hemisphere; Columbus gave the people he met the name "Indians" because he mistakenly thought he had reached Ec[000000]f[16]LFIndia; Indians belong to the Mongoloid stock, with straight black hair, brown eyes, high cheekbones, and wide faces; they probably entered North America from Asia by crossing a land form over the Bering Strait more than 20,000 years ago
Ec[000000]f[16]LBIndo-AryansB
a lighter-skinned race of people living in India who speak a form of the Aryan language; the group includes Moslems, Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains
Ec[000000]f[16]LBjazzB
American music that grew out of American black styles such as blues and ragtime
Ec[000000]f[16]LBLake ErieB
one of the Great Lakes, located on the boundary of the United States and Canada
Ec[000000]f[16]LBLake HuronB
one of the Great Lakes, located on the boundary of the United States and Canada
Ec[000000]f[16]LBLake MichiganB
one of the Great Lakes, located within the boundary of the United States
Ec[000000]f[16]LBLake OntarioB
one of the Great Lakes, located on the boundary of the United States and Canada
Ec[000000]f[16]LBLake SuperiorB
one of the Great Lakes, located on the boundary of the United States and Canada
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlatitudeB
the distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees, also called parallels
Ec[000000]f[16]LBLBJ Space CenterB
a center for America's space program in Houston, Texas; it was named for President Lyndon B. Johnson
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlonghornsB
a breed of cattle descended from the cattle brought to America by Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlongitudeB
the angular distance east or west of the prime meridian, also called meridians
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmeridianB
longitude - also called meridians - the angular distance east or west of the prime meridian
Ec[000000]f[16]LBMississippi RiverB
the longest river in America, running from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
Ec[000000]f[16]LBMount RainierB
the 14,410 foot high mountain in Mount Rainier National Park in southwest Washington; the park covers 235,613 acres
Ec[000000]f[16]LBnationB
people, often of common descent, under the same government
Ec[000000]f[16]LBNative AmericansB
American Indians, Eskimos, and Hawaiians
Ec[000000]f[16]LBnavigableB
a waterway that a boat or ship can pass through
Ec[000000]f[16]LBNew York Stock ExchangeB
the largest financial exchange, for buying and selling stocks, in the United States; it is located on historic Wall Street in New York City
Ec[000000]f[16]LBNorth AmericaB
one of the great land masses of the globe, located in the northern and western hemispheres
Ec[000000]f[16]LBMidwest regionB
the region of the United States consisting of the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan
Ec[000000]f[16]LBNorth PoleB
the North Pole is the northern end of the axis about which the earth revolves; the north magnetic pole, which attracts your magnetized compass needles, is located in northern Canada
Ec[000000]f[16]LBNortheast regionB
the region of the United States consisting of the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut
Ec[000000]f[16]LBOlympic MountainsB
highest part of the Coast Ranges in northwest Washington state occupying about 3,500 square miles, most of which lies within Olympic National Park
Ec[000000]f[16]LBPacific OceanB
the ocean bordering the United States on the west coast
Ec[000000]f[16]LBparallelB
parallels measure in degrees the distance north or south of the equator
Ec[000000]f[16]LBphysical mapB
a map that shows the lay of the land
Ec[000000]f[16]LBplanetB
a dark body revolving around a star; the only planets definitely known are those in orbit around the sun
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpolitical mapB
a map that shows how men have divided the land
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpopulationB
inhabitants of a place or country
Ec[000000]f[16]LBradioactive datingB
the process of determining the actual date of a geologic formation by comparing the abundance of a radioactive material with that of its decay product; since the half-life of the isotope is known, the amount of decay that has taken place indicates how long the material has been there
Ec[000000]f[16]LBregionB
an area of the earth defined by common landforms, climate, and resources
Ec[000000]f[16]LBRichard M. NixonB
the 37th president of the United States; Nixon resigned from office in 1974 as a result of the Watergate scandal
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the region of the United States consisting of the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado
Ec[000000]f[16]LBRocky MountainsB
a mountain range that runs from Alaska in the north, through Canada and the United States, to the state of New Mexico in the south
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSears TowerB
a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois; the tallest building in the world
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSierra Nevada MountainsB
a huge uplifted and tilted granite mountain range which extends 400 miles north and south in eastern California
Ec[000000]f[16]LBslaveryB
the practice of kidnapping black people from Africa, shipping them to America, and forcing them to work on the plantations of the South
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsolar systemB
the sun and all the objects held to it by gravitational attraction
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSouth AmericaB
one of the great land masses of the globe, located in the southern and western hemispheres
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSouth PoleB
the South Pole is the southernmost geographical point on the surface of the earth; it is 90 degrees south of the equator
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSoutheast regionB
the region of the United States consisting of the states of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Louisiana; it also includes the District of Columbia
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSouthwest regionB
the region of the United States consisting of the states of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
Ec[000000]f[16]LBspace programB
the United States space program undertaken in the 1960s with the goal of achieving manned spaceflight and safely landing men on the moon
Ec[000000]f[16]LBThe BadlandsB
an arid part of South Dakota covering an area 150 miles long and 30 to 50 miles wide; the region has almost no vegetation or animal life
Ec[000000]f[16]LBThe Great LakesB
the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world, consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario
Ec[000000]f[16]LBThomas Alva EdisonB
an American inventor, born in 1845, who was granted more than 1,000 patents, including one for the incandescent electric light bulb
B Ec[000000]f[16]BLTimes SquareB
an area in New York City just north of the intersection of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street; it is named for the New York Times Building, which is located there
B Ec[000000]f[16]BLtobaccoB
a plant that grows well with careful cultivation and proper soil, sunlight, and rain; it is used to make cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products
Ec[000000]f[16]LBvolcanoB
a mountain emitting smoke, fire and lava
Ec[000000]f[16]LBWatergateB
a political scandal centering around Richard M. Nixon's bid for re-election; the discovery of illegal acts such as burglary, wiretapping, and sabotage led to Nixon's resignation in 1974
Ec[000000]f[16]LBWestern regionB
the region of the United States consisting of the states of Oregon, Washington, California, and Nevada
Ec[000000]f[16]LBwheatB
a grassy plant or its seed, which furnishes flour for bread
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the first and largest of America's national parks, covering 3,471 square miles in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
Ec[000000]f[16]LBYosemite National ParkB
a 1,200 square mile wilderness park in east-central California
