Unit 1 - US Geography

An area with rich soil to the east of the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Continental Divide

• Mississippi River basin

• The Piedmont

• The Great Lakes

What are the locations of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands considered by the United States.

• Contiguous states

• Foreign Countries

• Noncontiguous states

• Territories of the United States

Lines on a map that MEASURE degrees north and south. These lines run parallel to the equator.

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Latitude

• Longitude

Lines on a map that MEASURE degrees east and west. These lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Latitude

• Longitude

Explains where a place is by comparing it to another place.

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Latitude

• Longitude

Tells the exact position of a place on Earth.

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Latitude

• Longitude

What do Alaska and Hawaii have in common?

• They are contiguous

• They are both considered tropical destinations

• They are noncontiguous

• They both border Canada

This separates the flow of water in the United States.

• Continental Divide

• The Piedmont

• The St. Lawrence Seaway

• The Mississippi River

Uses data to manage, analyze, and share geographic information.

• Navigable

• Geographer

• GIS

• Territory

Wide and deep enough for ships to pass

• Navigable

• Geographer

• GIS

• Territory