National Education Standards

Fulfills National History Standard 3 for K-4, Standards 1 and 3 for 5-12, and 2 and 3 for 5-12.
Fulfills National Social Studies Standard 6.

Vocabulary

relocate
scouring
topgraphy
Everglades
Bearing Sea
spell
wondrous
majesty
designated
interstellar
toxic
nanosecond
attest
possessed
refute
terminal moraine
avant guarde
operative
holographic
contestant
accountant
needlepoint
waltz
wagoneer
innovating
affirmative
mania
radiates
motherload
unfurl
weigh anchor
hoist
trampled
Latter Day Saints
entourage
stickler
jambalaya
gumbo
habitable

Geographic Terms
Everglades
Bearing Sea
Rio Grande
Vikings
White Mountains
Green Mountains
Lake Champlain
Cape Cod
Mt. Rushmore
Mississippi river
Missouri river
geographic center
Death Valley
Mt. Whitney
(earthquake) fault
Oregon Trail
plate tectonics
Mt. St. Helens
estuary
Chesapeake Bay
piedmont
Potomac river
Smithsonian
continental divide
Great Basin
Yellowstone Park
Great Plains
Great Salt Lake
Hoover Dam
Pike's Peak
Appalachian
Cumberland Gap
Shendandoah
delta
peninsula
isthmus
possession
contiguous
Mt. McKinley
archipelagos