Geographich Understandings

the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world

• Mississippi River

• Great Lakes

• Great Plains

• Gulf of Mexico

a broad lowland along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean

• Atlantic Coastal Plains

• Continental Divide

• The Piedmont

• Appalachian Ridge ane Valley

the largest city in Pennsylvania; known as the birthplace of the nation because both Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were written there.

• Great Lakes

• New York City

• Philadelphia

• Erie Canal

the largest city in the United States; center of finance, business and trade

• Great Lakes

• Philadelphia

• Gulf of Mexico

• New York

A mostly flat and grassy region of western North America

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

• Mississippi River

• Great Plains

• Great Lakes

an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo

• Continental Divide

• Erie Canal

• Great Plains

• Mississippi

An imaginary line that runs north and south along the highest points of the Rocky Mountains. Rivers flow west or east from this line.

• Continental Divide

• Great Plains

• Great Lakes

• Mississippi River

A major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.

• Mississippi River

• St. Lawrence River

• Great Lakes

• Hudson River

A large gulf off the southeastern coast of North America

• Mississippi River

• Great Lakes

• Great Plains

• Gulf of Mexico

Capital of Massachusetts

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Atlanta