MISSISSIPPI STUDIES Chapter 1 Notes LOCATIONWHERE SOMETHING IS

MISSISSIPPI STUDIES Chapter 1 Notes

�LOCATION-WHERE SOMETHING IS ON EARTH �PLACE-HAS CHARACTERISTICS �HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION -HOW HUMANS USE A PLACE. �MOVEMENT-WHY DO HUMANS LIVE WHERE THEY LIVE �REGIONS-PLACES THAT SHARE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

� 1. THE DELTA REGION- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI � 2. THE HILLS REGION-IN CENTRAL AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI � 3. THE PINEY WOODS REGIONSOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. (THIS IS THE REGION WE LIVE IN) � 4. THE COASTAL REGION-ON THE GULF OF MEXICO 4 REGIONS IN MISSISSIPPI

�GULFPORT-HARRISON COUNTY �BILOXI-HARRISON COUNTY �PASCAGOULA-JACKSON COUNTY �OCEAN SPRINGS-JACKSON COUNTY �BAY ST. LOUIS-HANCOCK COUNTY MAJOR CITIES IN THE COASTAL REGION

� 1. VICKSBURG � 2. TUNICA � 3. YAZOO CITY � 4. GREENEVILLE MAJOR CITIES IN THE DELTA REGION

� 1. OXFORD-(This is where Ole Miss is) � 2. TUPELO- (The birthplace of Elvis) � 3. BRUCE � 4. HERNANDO MAJOR CITIES IN THE HILLS REGION

� 1. HATTIESBURG � 2. LAUREL � 3. BROOKHAVEN � 4. Mc. COMB MAJOR CITIES IN THE PINEY WOODS REGION

� 62 DEGREES �JANUARY IS THE COLDEST MONTH �HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN MISSISSIPPI WAS 115 DEGREES (This happened in July 1930) �THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GET THE HOTTER IT GETS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MISSISSIPPI

�THE CLIMATE IN MISSISSIPPI IS A HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE �THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN MISSISSIPPI IS: -52 INCHES A YEAR -THE MOST RAINFALL OCCURS DURING THE WINTER (NOVEMBER-MID MARCH) -THE LEAST RAINFALL OCCURS DURING THE SPRING (MID MARCH-MAY) CLIMATE AND PRECIPITATION OF MISSISSIPPI

�THUNDERSTORMS �TORNADOES �HAIL STORMS �HURRICANES �FLOODS �LIGHTNING NATURAL HAZARDS IN MISSISSIPPI

�MOSTLY OCCUR DURING SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER WHEN THE MOIST AIR MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO MEETS COLDER AIR COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITED STATES. TORNADOES…. .

�HURRICANE SEASON IN MISSISSIPPI IS FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER �MAJOR SIDE EFFECT OF HURRICANES IS FLOODING IN OUR AREA. �BIGGEST HURRICANE TO HIT MISSISSIPPI WAS CAMMILE IN 1969. �MOST DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE WAS KATRINA. HURRICANES

�SURFACE WATER-LAKES, PONDS, RIVERS, AND THE OCEAN �WATER IN MISSISSIPPI IS USED PRIMARILY FOR IRRIGATION WATER RESOURCES

�THE WESTERN BORDER OF MISSISSIPPI IS FORMED BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER �THE FIVE LARGEST RIVER SYSTEMS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE YAZOO, PASCAGOULA, PEARL, THE TOMBIGBEE, AND THE BIG BLACK RIVERS

�SIX MAJOR RESERVOIRS ARE � 1. PICKWICK LAKE � 2. ARKABUTLA LAKE � 3. SARDIS LAKE � 4. ENID LAKE � 5. GRENADA LAKE � 6. ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIRS

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER �LONGEST RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES �THE MISSISSIPPI IS ABOUT 100 FEET DEEP AT ITS DEEPEST POINT �THE RIVER IS USED TO CARY GOODS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY BARGES. �THE OLDEST SETTLEMENT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS NATCHEZ �FORMS THE BOUNDARY OF MANY STATES

�LANDFORM REGIONS � 1. THE TOMBIGBEE HILLS � 2. THE BLACK PRARIE � 3. THE PONTOTOC RIDGE � 4. THE FLATWOODS � 5. THE NORTH CENTRAL HILLS � 6. THE LOESS HILLS � 7. THE YAZOO BASIN � 8. THE COASTAL MEADOWS � 9. THE JACKSON PRAIRIE CHAPTER 2 MISSISSIPPI’S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

�NORTHEASTERN REGION �AVERAGE ELEVATION(650 FEET) �ONE OF THE MOST RUGGED PARTS OF THE STATE. �USING THE MAP ON �PAGE 419, WRITE �DOWN WHICH �COUNTIES THESE �HILLS ARE IN. THE TOMBIGBEE HILLS

�ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS OF THE STATE TO BE SETTLED. �FLAT TO GENTLY ROLLING �NAMED FOR THE COLOR OF THE SOIL �CATTLE, SOYBEANS, AND HAY ARE THE MAIN CROPS THE BLACK PRARIE

�HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES �COVERED IN SHORTLEAF AND LOBLOLLY PINES THE NORTH CENTRAL HILLS

�ALSO KNOWN AS THE DELTA �MOST EXTENSIVE AND PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL REGION IN THE STATE. YAZOO BASIN

�MOSTLY FLAT �BECAUSE OF LIMESTONE UNDER THE GROUND, THIS REGION IS ABLE TO HAVE A CEMENT INDUSTRY. THE JACKSON PRARIE

�THIS IS WHICH LANDFORM REGION WE LIVE IN �MOSTLY KNOWN FOR THE SLASH AND LOBLOLLY PINE TREES �DO “IT’S YOUR TURN ON PAGE 28” QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #’S 1&2. �THIS SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AT THE MOST THE PINE HILLS

�COTTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CROPS GROWN IN MISSISSIPPI. COTTON

�AREAS WITH WARM, MOIST CLIMATES DEVELOP THE BEST SOIL

� 1. HILLS � 2. ALLUVIAL PLAIN � 3. LOESS HILLS � 4. BLACK PRAIRIE 4 SOIL REGIONS IN MISSISSIPPI

�IN THE DELTA REGION �THIS SOIL IS WET AND PERIODICALLY COVERED WITH WATER. �THIS SOILD IS VERY FERTILE(GOOD FOR GROWING THINGS) �MOST OF THE ALLUVIAL SOIL IN THE DELTA REGION IS VERY RICH AND DARK IN COLOR. �THE DELTA REGION IS THE MOST AGRICULTURALLY PRODUCTIVE REGION ALLUVIAL SOIL

�APPROXIMATELY 55% OF MISSISSIPPI IS FORESTED. �MAGNOLIAS ARE OUR STATE TREE AND FLOWER �SLASH AND LOBLOLLY PINE, OAKS, GUM, AND CYPRESS ARE THE MOST COMMON TREES IN MISSISSIPPI. FLORA(NATURAL VEGITATION)

�GAME ANIMALS(ANIMALS THAT ARE HUNTED AND EATEN) INCLUDE SQUIRRELS, WHITE-TAILED DEER, AND RABBIT. �OTHER ANIMALS ARE RACOONS, OPOSSUMS, AND FOXES. FAUNA(ANIMAL LIFE)

�GAME BIRDS- TURKEYS AND THE BOBWHITE QUAIL �MIGRATORY BIRDS(BIRDS THAT MIGRATE) INCLUDE MOURNING DOVES AND GEESE BIRDS

�THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRESHWATER FISH IN OUR STATE �SPORT FISH MAINLY INCLUDE LARGEMOUTH BASS, BREAM, BLUGILL AND CATFISH. �COASTAL (GULF OF MEXICO) FISH SPANISH MAKREL, KING MACKEREL, AND REDFISH

�THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ECOREGIONS � 1. AGRICULTURE-INCLUDES FERTILE FIELDS AND PLAINS. � 2. AQUATIC-INCLUDES LIFEFORMS OF FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER MARINE ENVIRONMENTS. � 3. TERRESTRIAL-INCLUDES LAND PLANTS AND ANIMALS MISSISSIPPI’S ECOREGIONS

�PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND HUMANS ALL EXIST IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PRODUCES AIR, WATER, AND FOOD AND FUNCTION SIMILARLY. �ORBITING SATELLITES WITH PLATFORMS CARRYING SENSING DEVICES ARE MAINLY USED TO PHOTOGRAPH EARTH’S SURFACE. ECOREGIONS

� 1. COASTAL MEADOWS � 2. HILLY COASTAL PLAIN � 3. LOESS/BLUFF HILLS � 4. ALLUVIAL PLAIN 4 MAJOR ECOREGIONS IN MISSISSIPPI

�EXTENDS ALONG THE GULF COAST �CONTAINS FLAT PLAINS, BARRIER ISLANDS, COASTAL LAGOONS, MARSHES, AND SWAMPY LOWLANDS. �HIGHLY URBANIZED WITH SEVERAL CITIES SUCH AS GULFPORT, PASCAGOULA, AND BILOXI COASTAL MEADOWS

�COVERS OVER HALF OF THE TOTAL AREA OF MISSISSIPPI �CITIES INCLUDE HATTIESBURG, LAUREL, MERIDIAN, AND PHILADELPHIA HILLY COASTAL PLAINS

�SOIL HERE IS SUBJECT TO EROSION �MAJOR CITIES ARE JACKSON, BROOKHAVEN, CANTON, AND MCCOMB LOESS/BLUFF HILLS

�CONTAINS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTINUOUS WETLAND SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. �MAJOR CITIES ARE VICKSBURG, GREENVILLE, GREENWOOD, CLEVELAND, AND CLARKSDALE. THE ALLUVIAL PLAIN