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6 September 2013

6 September 2013 . Please do now: Which of the physical regions of the United States would you want to live in and why? 4 full lines. Today: I’m checking for the completion of your homework and the two “do now” warm-ups from this week.

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6 September 2013

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  1. 6 September 2013 • Please do now: Which of the physical regions of the United States would you want to live in and why? 4 full lines. • Today: I’m checking for the completion of your homework and the two “do now” warm-ups from this week. • ** If you weren’t here yesterday you missed an open-note quiz.

  2. Regions of the United States US History

  3. Pacific Coast • Runs from Alaska to Mexico • Cascade and Sierra Mountain Ranges • San Andreas fault line run though causing earthquakes. • Cities: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego

  4. Intermountain Region: • East of Pacific Coast region. • Very rugged land. Rocky and dry. • Grand Canyon and Great Salt Lake • Cities: Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, and Phoenix

  5. Rocky Mountain Region • Run from Alaska to Arizona • Sierra Madre or the Mother Range • Mountains go up to 14,200 ft. • Supply water to intermountain region and Colorado River • Cities: Denver “Mile High City”

  6.  Interior Plains: • Great Plains are low flat lands • “Breadbasket of America” • Very fertile soil for farming • Tornado Alley “ OZ” • Cities: Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Oklahoma City

  7. Appalachian Mountains • Where we live • Run from Maine to Georgia • Older than the Rockies / worn away • Green, Allegheny, Smokie Ranges • Cities: Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Albany, Nashville

  8. Appalachian Mountains

  9. Canadian Shield • Part of Southeastern Canada and Great Lakes region • Low lying flat, rocky land • Great Lakes and Niagara Falls • Cities: Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo

  10. Coastal Plains • Piedmont or flat fertile land • Atlantic and Gulf Plains - Everglades • 13 original American Colonies • Runs along coast line from Maine to Texas • Cities: Boston, NYC, Atlanta, Charleston, New Orleans, Houston, Miami

  11. Hawaiian Islands • 8 large islands 2,400 miles west of Pacific Coast. • Made from erupting volcanoes • Tropic paradise • Large Waves - Surfing • Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 • Cities: Honolulu

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