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.

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.

Regions of the United States

US History

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

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

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”

 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

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

Appalachian Mountains

Canadian Shield

• Part of Southeastern Canada and Great Lakes region

• Low lying flat, rocky land

• Great Lakes and Niagara Falls

• Cities: Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo

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

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