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What was the last piece of land that completed the current 48 Continental US?
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∙ 16y ago
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853, although the New Mexico and Texas border was not settled until 1927.
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The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was a piece of land his daughter in marriage a boat a gold ring?
a piece of land
What is a land link?
Building something so that you can link one piece of land to another.
How did sharing land help William the Conqueror control England?
He knew who owned which piece of land
What is a piece of land extending into a large body of water?
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What was the large piece of land the United States purchased from France?
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What purchase from Mexico completed the 48 continental states?
The Gadsden Purchase from Mexico completed the 48 continental states. The purchase of this land was needed in order to build the transcontinental railroad.
What year did the continents separate?
The continents began to separate around 175 million years ago during the Jurassic period. This process of continental drift eventually led to the formation of the current continental configuration we see today.
What is the correct order of features on the continental margin moving from land out to sea?
The correct order of features on the continental margin from land out to sea is: continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, and abyssal plain.
What is the term for an area of land that is smaller than a continent but surrounded by water?
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What are the major continental land forms?
the major continental land forms are the seven continents.
What land did the US buy that finished their current border with Mexico?
The Gadsden Purchase completed the New Mexico and Arizona southern borders and was made to provide land for a transcontinental railroad route.
What is the name of the piece of land where your current continents originated formed?
It was called Pangaea - from the Greek words pan (entire) and Gaia (Earth)
Is the continental crust liquid?
The continental crust is land, it is perfectly solid.
Part of a continent that is separate from the rest of the land mass.?
An isolated piece of land surrounded by water, often with distinct geological features and characteristics, is known as a continental fragment. These fragments can occur due to tectonic movements or volcanic activities.
What is the largest land mass town in the continental US?
Sitka, Alaska is the largest city by land mass in the continental US.
How many acres of land in the continental United States?
There is 2,428,213,120 acres of land in the continental United States (including water)
What do you call the part of a continent that extends underwater?
Land. Continental shelf.
