West Vocab

A large group of islands

• boomtown

• archipelago

• watershed

• tourism

A bowl-shaped pit formed by volcanic activity

• fault

• crater

• volcano

A large, grass-eating mammal with a shaggy head and a shoulder hump

• camel

• forty-niner

• deer

• bison

A sudden movement of Earth's crust caused by a release of pressure along cracks in the crust

• fault

• continental divide

• earthquake

• volcano

A town experiencing a rapid rise in population or economic growth

• archipelago

• wagon train

• tourism

• boomtown

A crack in Earth's crust caused by large, shifting plates of rock

• fault

• crater

• volcano

• lava

An imaginary line showing where North American waters drain either toward the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean

• logging

• watershed

• continental divide

• crater

Someone who participated in the California Gold Rush of 1849

• forty-niner

• bison

• tourism

• californian

Electricity created by the energy of running water

• watershed

• hydroelectricity

• logging

• volcano

The business of providing services for travelers on vacation

• wagon train

• logging

• tourism

• public land