5.6A Political & Economic Regions USA

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• Political map because it shows all the sates and their names.

• Physical map because it shows where landforms are located.

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• Political map because I can see the USA states and their names.

• Physical map because I can see where landforms are located.

USA, Texas, Harris County, Houston

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• Physical Region

• Economic Region

• Political Region

• Social Region

Great Planes, Rocky Mountains, Coastal Plains, Great Lakes

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Is Social Studies, what does the term "Breadbasket" mean?

• a plain region where lots of wheat is produced

• a basket with bread

• a region where there are lots of mountains

• a coastal plain region

What does Economic mean?

• the study of how a region produces, uses, manufactures, and sells their natural resources

• a political region

• the population or amount of people in a region

This region in knowns as

• Coast Plain Region

• Corn Belt

• Rust Belt

• Sun Belt

This region in knowns as

• Breadbasket Region

• Rocky Mountains

• Rust Belt

• Sun Belt

Why is the population on the Sun Belt increasing so much?

• warmer climate and job opportunities attract population

• People like living in the mountains

• People like working as farmers

• People like to live in the coast and going to the beach

Rust Belt, Sun Belt, Corn Belt

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• Political regions

• Physical regions

• Economic regions