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SPACES IN AMERICA.

SPACES IN AMERICA. Which one of these two mountain ranges is in the East? * The Appalachians * The Rockies. Appalachian Mountains = 100 to 300 miles (160 to 480 km) wide, and 1,500 miles long (2.400km) ...  Fr = 1,000km from N-S) Rocky Mountains = 3,000 miles long (4.800 km).

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SPACES IN AMERICA.

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  1. SPACES IN AMERICA.

  2. Which one of these two mountain ranges is in the East? * The Appalachians* The Rockies Appalachian Mountains = 100 to 300 miles (160 to 480 km) wide, and 1,500 miles long (2.400km) ...  Fr = 1,000km from N-S) Rocky Mountains = 3,000 miles long (4.800 km)

  3. What was the Old East? The space encompassed by the thirteen colonies...

  4. Where was the “Midwest” located?  territories acquired by the Northwest Ordinance (1787 – English cession of lands). = the region south of the Great Lakes, and north and west of the Ohio River. Also called: NorthWest, MidAmerica, Heartland.

  5. The Great Plains Vast zones of prairie and steppe (low vegetation). Approximately 1,300,000 km2. They are about 500 miles large (800 km) - and 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long. Were the home to American bison herds (troupeaux) until the mid 19th c.

  6. The Wild West: whatitvehicles... Unknown territories westwards, including visions of adventure and human violence : cowboys, Natives, outlaws, gunfights, duels (to challenge sbdy to a duel), gold rushes and murders... cf. movies : Unforgiven (C. Eastwood), Pale Rider, Wyatt Earp, ... Space of wild / free animals and nature, from buffalos to Grand Canyon and breath-taking sceneries Land of opportunities, gold rush... Discovery The mythical « Stagecoach », by John Ford, starring John Wayne (1939). A part of the film was shot in the DeathValley, placing the plot amisdt a « virginal and untouched nature ».

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