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The West

The West. By: Morgan Hanson. Location. What are the regions major states? (By population) landforms and resources. Relative location to compass?. What could be some of the reasons people choose to live in this region or large city?. Latitude and longitude of largest city?. Major States.

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The West

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  1. The West By: Morgan Hanson

  2. Location What are the regions major states? (By population) landforms and resources Relative location to compass? What could be some of the reasons people choose to live in this region or large city? Latitude and longitude of largest city?

  3. Major States All States: • Washington~ 6,724,540 • Idaho~ 1,567,582 • Montana~ 989,415 • Oregon~ 3,831,074 • Wyoming~ 563,626 • California~ 37,253,956 • Nevada~ 2,700,551 • Utah~ 2,763,885 • Colorado~ 5,029,196 • Alaska~ 710,231

  4. Washington • Landforms~ Mount Baker, Okanogan River, Columbia Mountains, Columbia River, San Juan Islands, Olympic Mountains, Cascades, Blue Mountains, Columbia Plateau • Resources~ Coal

  5. California • Landforms~ Cascade Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Coastal Mountains, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert, Salton Sea and Various coast line • Resources~ Oil, Natural Gas, Coal

  6. Colorado • Landforms~ Dinosaur National Monument, Rocky Mountains, Yampa River, Front Range, Fort Collins, Arkansas River, San Jaun Mountains, San Luis Valley, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Rio Grande , Colorado Plateau, White River, Four Corners • Resources~ Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Uranium

  7. Location to Compass North of the Southwest South of Canada East of the Pacific West of the Northeast

  8. Latitude and Longitude of largest city 34 degrees north/ and 118 degrees west Los Angeles

  9. Why people live here • Some people may want to live in this region because it’s on the coast. Some people may like the mountains or less populated states.

  10. PLACE What effect does climate have on settlement patterns in this region? Describe climate and weather patterns. Customs, religions, ethnic groups in region?

  11. Customs, religions and ethnic groups • Religions~ Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, Christian, Catholic • Customs~ There most popular is there food, prickly pear cactus and eggs • Ethnic~ there are a lot of American, Spanish and European people in this region.  

  12. Climate and weather patterns • Warmest and coldest states in the U.S.A • Not a lot of percepertation only about 32 inches a year

  13. Climate effect on settlement patterns In this region a lot of people are attracted to California because it is very warm and on the coast. Whereas some people may want to live in land more to be closer to the mountains.

  14. Human Environmental- Interactions Detailed description of economic issues. How has pollution affected the lives of the people in this region? How has climate affected the settlement of the region?

  15. Economic Issues • The Economic Issues are that there is a lot of over population by the coast so everything goes up in price due to the over populated cities.

  16. Pollution effected lives • Pollution has effected the lives of people in this region because if the water gets polluted it could be bad for there health or air because there are so many people.

  17. Climate affected settlement • The climate has affected settlement because some people want to live closer to the coast and some people want to be father inland depending on how the like their weather.

  18. Movement Are there any interesting traditions or customs present in region? What might happen if one or more of the major transportation routes within the region were interrupted? Identify why people have chosen to live where they have in the region, how are goods transported to, within and out of region?

  19. Interesting traditions or customs • All the traditions and customs in the west are not very prominent I could not find any.

  20. Major Transportation • Boats • Cars • Planes • Etc.

  21. People have choose to live here • People have chose to live in this region because it consists of some of the coldest and warmest states in the United States

  22. Regions List and describe major tourist attractions. What economic impact does the region have on the U.S economy?

  23. Major tourist attractions • Some of the major tourist attractions are Disney Land and that is about it.

  24. Economic Impact • The economic impact this region has on the country is that there are a lot of people that live in California and than throughout the rest of the region

  25. THE END

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