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.
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
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