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United States Vocabulary Haiku Deck

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

USA

Vocabulary study guide
Photo by kahunapulej

GREAT LAKES

  • Largest freshwater lakes
  • Ontario,Erie,Huron,Michigan,Superior
  • H.O.M.E.S.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Longest river in the USA

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

Oldest in the USA and on the east

ROCKIES

In the west

GREAT PLAINS

In the center of the USA

HARBOR

Host shps, like boat parking spots
Photo by Rusty Russ

CANYON

In the west with plateaus

NORTHWEST COAST NATIVE AMERICANS

  • Totem poles
  • Hunted and fished
  • Used cedar
  • Went on whale hunts
Photo by Kris Krug

GREAT PLAINS NATIVE AMERICANS

  • Lived in teepees
  • Hunted buffalo
  • Rode on horses
  • Wore headdresses
Photo by Chris_Parfitt

SOUTHWEST DESERT NATIVE AMERICANS

  • Lived in adobe cliffhouses
  • Farmed many items
  • Hunted
  • Made pottery

EASTERN WOODLANDS NATIVE AMERICANS

  • Used birch bark
  • Created wigwams
Photo by ankakay

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

  • Sailed 1492
  • Started the columbian exchange
  • Was trying to sail to asia
  • Thought they landed in india
  • Called native americans indians

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

  • First to sail around the world
  • Killed in Phillipines

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

  • Exchanged food
  • Exchanged slaves
  • Between Africa,Europe,and the Americas

URBAN

Inside a city
Photo by Werner Kunz

RURAL

Outside a city

COLONY

A PART OF SETTLED LAND FAR AWAY FROM THE MAINLAND