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The western coast of the United States faces towards which Ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Pacific Ocean
c) Arctic Ocean
d) Gulf of Mexico

How are hurricanes and tornadoes alike?
a) They both form over water.
b) The are several hundred miles wide.
c) They are both funnel-shaped wind storms.
d) They are a few feet wide.

How are hurricanes different from tornadoes?
a) Hurricanes are storms.
b) Hurricanes form over water.
c) Hurricanes are storms that cause damage.
d) Hurricanes have strong wings.

A large area with features such as climate and landforms is known as a ___________.
a) climate
b) region
c) arid
d) precipitation

Tracking weather over a number of years tells an area’s _________________.
a) climate
b) region
c) arid
d) precipitation

The amount of rain or snow is called __________________.
a) climate
b) region
c) arid
d) precipitation

The western half of the United States is _________ because it receives less than 20 inches of precipitation.
a) region
b) climate
c) arid
d) precipitation

A _______________ is a flat rolling land with grass.
a) prairie
b) canyon
c) current
d) drought

A deep valley with steep sides is a ____________________.
a) prairie
b) canyon
c) current
d) drought

_______________ allows farmers to grow crops during the dry season in the Central Valley of California.
a) Wind power
b) Forests
c) Currents
d) Irrigation

What can make farming difficult in the southwestern United States?
a) the ocean effect
b) current
c) drought
d) the lake effect

A moving stream of water in the ocean is a ________________.
a) prairie
b) canyon
c) current
d) drought

_______________ happens when there is not enough of a resource to make all the products people want.
a) Scarcity
b) Economy
c) Stock
d) Income

The _________________ of a country is the way its people use natural resources, money, and knowledge to produce goods and services.
a) scarcity
b) economy
c) stock
d) income

A long period without rainfall is called a __________________.
a) prairie
b) canyon
c) current
d) drought

Why do countries sign trade agreements with each other?
a) to keep each other secure
b) to help them do business
c) to increase the trade deficit
d) to decrease the trade surplus

___________ is part ownership in a company.
a) Income
b) Stock
c) Scarcity
d) Economy

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