The Geography of the United States of America. Warm Up – 1 st section p.6 Wednesday 9/3 If you could design your own City what natural resources and.

The Geography

of theUnited

States of America

Warm Up – 1st section p.6Wednesday 9/3

If you could design your own City what natural resources and landscapes would it have and why ?

Example : If I could design my own city I would have to have an ocean near by . I would need to have an Ocean because it is a source of water and I love the beach. I would also need to have some hills. I think hills allow for the weather to not be so hot.

9/3/14 Homework 3rd section pg.6

Write a summary using all the vocab words together. At least 2 words per sentence to show you understand them.

On earth there are 7 continents and they are divided by people into…

Geography Vocabulary 2nd Section P. 7skip 3 lines between words

question Word & Definition

Picture

continent

country

state

cities

landforms

Bodies of water

Natural resources

climate

Fertile land

Thursday 9/4/15

Warm Up – 1st Section Pg. 7

Describe the geography of your home

Example

I live in the North American continent. I live in California. I live in Montebello. Right now the climate is very hot and humid. I live near a busy street ………..

THURSDAY Homework

Complete Map using Creating America Book pg. A6

Label all continents, Oceans, and Color them.

Each should be a different color and label MUST be done in BLACK pen / marker

Our world is divided into 7 continents

We live in

Specifically we live in USA

Together we are going to label the regions and resources of the USA

1st Write Name and Period on MAP

2nd Turn to Pg. 2 of Book – color each region and label each region

3rd Turn to pg. 11 of Book- Copy the Key at the right side of map – ONLY COPY

Coal- Copper- Gold-Lumber- Natural Gas- Oil

4th put those on the map

Friday

Warm up

Weekly reflection

1st Section Pg.

Geography Challenge

Yesterday we briefly discussed North America

Today with your partners you are to answer these 16 questions and label your answers on your map of North America .

Due at the end of class

Use your time wisely

Each of you will receive this map