USI.2c Importance of U.S. Rivers and Bodies of Water

The _______________ Ocean served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants.

The _________________ River was the gateway to the west prior to the Louisiana Purchase.

The____________________and ________________ rivers were used to transport farm and industrial products. They created links to United States ports and other parts of the world.

The _________________ River was explored by the Spanish.

The ________ ___________ River forms the border with Mexico

The ________________Ocean was an early exploration destination as a route to Asia.

The ________ ___ ___________provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of America.

The ___ _________________River forms part of the northeastern border with Canada and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the _____________ _____________

The _________________River was explored by Lewis and Clark.