Transcript Northeast US Video Guide

Northeast U.S. Video Guide
1. What information can you get from maps?
Physical features, political boundaries, population, vegetation, weather
2.
What are the four regions that are commonly used to
divide the U.S.?
Northeast, South, Midwest, and West
3.
What are some northeastern cities that serve as harbors?
NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
4.
What do natural resources provide?
Food and fuel
5.
What is the earth’s most recyclable resource?
water
6.
What are some renewable resources?
Apples, maple trees, wind, solar
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What are some nonrenewable resources?
Coal, oil, and natural gas
8.
What is a city?
Large areas where people live and work
9.
What is a bay?
Part of the ocean that extends into the land
10.
What makes Philadelphia historically important?
U.S. Capital, Constitution and Declaration of Independence was signed
11.
What is the largest city in the U.S.? How many boroughs
are there?
New York City, 5
South U.S. Video Guide
1. What are some physical features of the South Region?
Sandy beaches, marshes, coastal plains, mountains
2.
What makes Washington D.C. different from other cities in
the United States?
Only city not in a state, nation’s capital
3.
Why is the coastal region in the South good for farming?
Rich soil, warm weather, plenty of rainfall
4.
Why has the Mississippi River fascinated so many people?
Longest river, history, folklore, industry, commerce
5.
What rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River?
Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio
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6.
What is a delta?
Area formed by soil deposits at the mouth of the river
7.
What city can be found at the mouth of the Mississippi
delta and why is it unique?
New Orleans, much of it lies below sea level
8.
What is hurricane?
Large powerful wind storms that form over an ocean
9.
What makes up a large part of the U.S. South Coast line?
Marshes and swamps
10.
What do estuaries provide?
Food, shelter, nutrients, and variety of animal species
Midwest U.S. Video Guide
1. What is the nickname given to the U.S. Midwest region?
America’s Heartland
2.
What did the cities of the Midwest once serve as? Today?
Farming communities; hub of transportation, industry, arts, trade
3.
What city is known as the “Windy City”?
Chicago
4.
How were the Great Lakes formed?
2 million years ago formed by glaciers
5.
What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
St. Lawrence River
6.
Describe what the landscape of the prairies is like?
Flat, rolling hills with tall grasses
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7.
What kind of animals live on the prairies?
Buffalo, rattlesnakes, spiders, coyotes, deer
8.
Why is fire essential to the prairies (grasslands)
It keeps the grasses from overgrowing
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What are the 3 agricultural centers of the Midwest?
Lake States, Plains States, and Corn Belt
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What kind of products are grown in these areas of the
Midwest?
Milk and cheese; wheat; corn and soybeans
11.
What do you think would be difficult about living on a
working ranch?
Hard work but also rewarding
West U.S. Video Guide
1. Identify some interesting physical features of the West?
Rocky Mountains, Death Valley, Grand Canyon
2.
What 3 layers is the earth made up of?
Core, crust, and mantle
3.
What is the Continental Divide?
An invisible line in a mountainous area where rivers flow in separate directions
4.
What is a geyser?
Spring that shoots out hot water through the crack of the earth’s crust
5.
Which western state has forests, mountains, deserts, and
hosts the 2nd largest city?
California (Los Angeles)
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6.
Identify the 1st National Park? What states is it located?
Yellowstone National Park (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming)
7.
What states make up the four corners?
Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
8.
What do the layers of color tell about the Grand Canyon?
Age (timeline) of the canyon
9.
What is a fault? What is the most famous one in
California?
A crack in the earth’s crust, San Andreas Fault
10.
How do scientists measure an earthquake?
Richter Scale
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11. What event took place that encouraged people to migrate
to California?
Gold Rush
12
. What natural resources historically have drawn people to
Alaska?
Gold, oil, timber, and fish