LATITUDE Latitude lines run to but are measured

LATITUDE • Latitude lines run ____ to ____, but are measured _____ & _____ The 0 of latitude that circles the earth is called the _______?

LATITUDE 0 • Latitude lines run east to west, but are measured north & south The 0 of latitude that circles the earth is called the equator 0

L O N G I T U D E Longitude lines run _____ to _____, but are measured ____ and ____ The 0 line of longitude that extends from the _____ to the_____ Pole is called the _______

L O N G I T U D E 0 0 Longitude lines run north to south, but are measured east and west The 0 line of longitude that extends from the North to the South Pole is called the Prime Meridian

KWAKIUTL

KWAKIUTL • Northwest/Coastal Range • Rainy but mild climate salmon (food) platform house w/totem pole

KWAKIUTL

KWAKIUTL fisherman (economy) Canoe transportation

SIOUX/LAKOTA

SIOUX/LAKOTA • Great Plains • Dry grass land Buffalo (food) Teepee (homes)

SIOUX/LAKOTA

SIOUX/LAKOTA • nomadic • hunters (economy) Horses (transportation)

IROQUOIS

IROQUOIS • Eastern Woodland • Appalachian Mtn. • Coastal Plain § corn, beans, squash(3 sisters) § deer wigwam/longhouse homes

IROQUOIS Family subgroup: • • •

IROQUOIS Family splinter group: • Seneca • Cayuga • Onondaga • Oneida • Mohawks Fur trading (occupation) Foot (transportation) heavily forested 4 seasons

INUIT

INUIT • Canadian Shield • Arctic Circle • Alaska & Canada • very cold/snow & ice Seal & whale (food) Igloo (homes)

INUIT

INUIT Hunting/fishing (economy) Kayak & Dogsled (transportation)

PUEBLO

PUEBLO • Basin & Range • southwest • New Mexico/Arizona • desert-hot/dry Corn=maize (food) pueblo/hogan (homes)

PUEBLO

PUEBLO Horse (transportation) Herdsmen, traders (economy)

AMERICAN INDIANS NATURAL RESOURCES

AMERICAN INDIANS NATURAL RESOURCES forest (shelter) ice/water animal/animal skins (food & clothing) fish

BERINGIA

BERINGIA Land bridge that allowed Asians to follow herds (migrate) into North America

COLORADO RIVER ve r Ri l o C o d a r o

COLORADO RIVER • This river was explored by the Spanish & runs through the Grand Canyon

RIO GRANDE RIVER o Ri Gr de an r ve Ri

RIO GRANDE RIVER • Forms a border with Mexico

COLUMBIA RIVER a i b m u l r o e C iv R

COLUMBIA RIVER • Explored by Lewis & Clark

OHIO RIVER pi R issip Miss io h O er v i R iver

OHIO RIVER • Gateway to the west

MISSISSIPPI & MISSOURI RIVERS Mis sis er pi River sip ri ou ss Mi Riv

MISSISSIPPI & MISSOURI RIVERS • “The transportation arteries for farm and industrial products. • Links to ports and other parts of the world

GULF OF MEXICO Gulf of Mexico

GULF OF MEXICO • Provided the French & Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and parts of America

ATLANTIC & PACIFIC 4 -Lake. OCEANS Michigan 1 -Lake Superior 2 -Lake Huron 3 -Lake Ontario 5 -Lake Erie 1 2 3 4 5 Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean

ATLANTIC & PACIFIC OCEANS • Atlantic Ocean – served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, & later immigrants

FACTS TO KNOW: • America’s waterways have been important for trade, transportation and settlement • The location of the United States, with its Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, has provided access to other areas of the world

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER St. Lawrence River

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER • Forms part of the NORTHEAST border with CANADA and connects the GREAT LAKES to the ATLANTIC OCEAN St. LAWRENCE RIVER CANADA ATLANTIC OCEAN U. S.

ST. LAWRENCE & HUDSON RIVERS Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River. Lake Ontario Lake Michigan Hudson River Lake Erie GREAT LAKES

GREAT LAKES • Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the Great Lakes

COASTAL PLAIN

COASTAL PLAIN Location: along the Atlantic Ocean & Gulf of Mexico Physical Characteristics: broad lowland providing many excellent harbors

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS Location: west of the Coastal Plain; extends from eastern Canada to western Alabama Physical Characteristics: old eroded mountains—oldest mountain range in North America

CANADIAN SHIELD

CANADIAN SHIELD Location: wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape Characteristics: worn by erosion & hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers; some of the oldest rock formations in North America

INTERIOR LOWLANDS

INTERIOR LOWLANDS Location: west of the Appalachian Mountains & east of the Great Plains Characteristics: rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, & grassy hills

GREAT PLAINS

GREAT PLAINS Location: west of the Interior Lowlands & east of the Rocky Mountains Characteristics: flat land that gradually increases in elevation as you go west; it has grasslands

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

ROCKY MOUNTAINS Location: west of the Great Plains & east of the Basin & Range Characteristics: rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico with high elevations; contains the Continental Dividewhich determines the flow of rivers

BASIN & RANGE ex. of basin

BASIN & RANGE Location: west of the Rocky Mtns. , east of the Sierra Nevada Mtns. , & the Cascade Mtns. Characteristics: an area of different elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America

COASTAL RANGE

COASTAL RANGE Location: rugged mountains located along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada Characteristics: contains many fertile valleys(land good for growing crops)

Name the 7 continents & 5 oceans C A 1 B 3 4 2 E 5 D 7 A 6

Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean South Ocean