Geography- Overview Of The United States

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1. In size, the United States ranks what number among countries of the world?

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Third largest country in the world.

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2. In size, what is the largest state? the smallest state?

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Alaska is the largest and Rhode Island is the smallest.

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How many times bigger is the largest state than the smallest?

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over 500 times.

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What are geographic regions?

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Groups based on Climate, indigenous animals and plants, and population that geographers make in order to simplify the amount of states and to classify them in smaller units to examine them more closely

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What is demography?

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Demography is the distribution of human-populations

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What does population density mean?

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The ratio of people per square mile

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What is the least populated state?

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Wyoming

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How many urbanized areas are there in the United States?

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452

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What are the three largest cities?

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New York, Los Angeles, Chicago

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What does topography mean?

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The shape of the earth's lands

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What do topographical maps show?

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Elevation, the height of the land

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What is the elevation at sea level?

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0 Feet

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Describe where you would find coastal lowlands

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The eastern part of the country

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Describe where you would find Great Plains

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Central part of the lower 48 states

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Describe where you would find Rocky Mountains

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To the west of the great plains, northern Alaska through Canada, to northern New Mexico

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Describe where you would find Appalachian Highlands

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From Alabama into the province of Quebec

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Describe where you would find Great Basin

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Death Valley, California

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What other mountain ranges are in the United States?

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Cascades, Sierra Nevada

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In what state would you find the last volcano to erupt in the United States?

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Washington

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In what other two states will you find active volcanoes?

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Alaska and Hawaii

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What oceans border the United States?

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Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Arctic Ocean

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What body of water borders the southern coast of the U.S.?

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Gulf of Mexico

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What are the names of the five Great Lakes?

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Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario

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What are two important uses of the Great Lakes?

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drinking water, shipping industry

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What is the longest river in the United States? Where does it begin and end?

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Mississippi River, begins in Lake Itasca in Minnesota and ends in the Gulf of Mexico

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Which river begins in the Rocky Mountains and is one of the most important rivers in the west?

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colorado river

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What are three of its uses?

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Drinking water, Irrigate desert lands for farming, hydroelectric power

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What is another important western river?

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Columbian River

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What are its uses?
(Columbian)

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Irrigates millions of acres of farm land , hydroelectric power, can be navigated by large ocean going ships

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What important function did rivers serve before the invention of electricity?

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To help run factories, ran water wheels

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What does the word climate mean?

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The long term weather areas of an area

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population growth rate

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The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country.