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Name: Date: Class:
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Section 1: The Land and People of the United States
Section 1: Geography of the United States
Directions: Complete the chart with information on the physical features.
Landform /
Body of Water
Location Physical Description States
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian
Mountains
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Great Basin
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Missouri River
Coastal Plains
Directions: Write one or two complete sentences that answer each question.
1. How might different physical regions of the United States contribute to different cultural regions?
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2. How are the Great Plains and the Mississippi River vital to the economy of the United States?
3. How is the geography of the western United States different from that of the eastern United States?
4. Why are the Great Lakes considered an important physical feature of the United States?
Directions: Write two complete paragraphs explaining the topics below.
• Why is the geography of the United States a major advantage for the people?
• What physical features would you like to visit? Why?
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Directions: Analyze the chart below, then answer the questions based on the chart.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance:
U.S. Time Series, published February 2017, retrieved on March 6, 2017 fromhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/
1. What is the range in years that the chart records?
2. What month does the chart measure for each year?
3. About what year was the lowest recorded average temperature?
4. What does the chart display about the average temperature from the years 1990 until 2017?