This Land Is Your Land American Geography Basics

Continental United States

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Great Lakes Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Water, Water Everywhere!

CANADA Great Lakes Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Good Neighbors: Who Are Our Neighbors?

CANADA Great Lakes WASHINGTON MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA MAINE MICHIGAN VT IDAHO NH NEW YORK MI CH IGA N PENNSYLVANIA OHIO CALIFORNIA Pacific Ocean ARIZONA Atlantic Ocean NEW MEXICO TEXAS MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Good Neighbors: Identify the Border States

CANADA MONTANA Missouri NORTH DAKOTA LONGEST RIVER Great Lakes MINNESOTA WISCONSIN NEBRASKA pi sip ssis Mi ri ou iss M SOUTH DAKOTA IOWA ILLINOIS Miss ouri KANSAS MISSOURI TENNESSEE Atlantic Ocean IS S IS M AR KA NS AS Pacific Ocean Mis siss ipp i SECOND LONGEST RIVER KENTUCKY UI PP SI LO I SI AN A MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Raging Rivers: America’s Two Longest Rivers

CANADA WASHINGTON MONTANA Columbia Missouri NORTH DAKOTA LONGEST RIVER OREGON pi sip ssis Mi ri ou iss M NEBRASKA IOWA PENNSYLVANIA IN DI NEVADA o ad r lo Co COLORADO MISSOURI OHIO WEST INIA VIRG Mis siss ipp i KENTUCKY AR KA NS AS SECOND LONGEST RIVER NEW MEXICO AN A io Oh KANSAS Rio Gra nde ARIZONA ILLINOIS Miss ouri UTAH TENNESSEE LO UI PP SI SI I on Yuk IS TEXAS S IS M Pacific Ocean MINNESOTA WISCONSIN SOUTH DAKOTA CALIFORNIA Great Lakes AN A ALASKA MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Raging Rivers: More Major Rivers Atlantic Ocean

s tain oun ky M Roc WASHINGTON CANADA Great Lakes MONTANA OREGON IDAHO MINNESOTA IOWA NEBRASKA MIC ILLINOIS AN A KANSAS MISSOURI TENNESSEE S IS M GEORGIA IS UI PP SI SI I AN A A Majestic Mountains ID Gulf of Mexico OR MEXICO FL Mt. Kilauea LO NEW JERSEY DELAWARE MARYLAND NORTH CAROLINA ALABAMA RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT VIRGINIA SOUTH CAROLINA ARKANSAS TEXAS HAWAII WEST INIA VIRG KENTUCKY OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO OHIO io Oh COLORADO Rio Gra nde AN PENNSYLVANIA DI NH MASS HIG IN CALIFORNIA ARIZONA NEW YORK pi s ip ssis Mi SOUTH DAKOTA UTAH Pacific Ocean VT WISCONSIN NEVADA do ra o l Co MAINE MICHIGAN ri ou iss M WYOMING NORTH DAKOTA Ap pa lac hia n. M ou nt ain s Columbia Atlantic Ocean

CANADA Great Lakes WASHINGTON MONTANA IDAHO SOUTH DAKOTA IOWA NEBRASKA MIC AN A KANSAS MISSOURI TENNESSEE S IS IS GEORGIA PP SI UI I SI AN A A ID Our Nation’s Capital OR Gulf of Mexico FL MEXICO RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY DELAWARE MARYLAND Washington, D. C. NORTH CAROLINA ALABAMA M LO VIRGINIA SOUTH CAROLINA ARKANSAS TEXAS WEST INIA VIRG KENTUCKY OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO OHIO io Oh COLORADO Rio Gra nde AN PENNSYLVANIA ILLINOIS NH MASS HIG DI CALIFORNIA ARIZONA NEW YORK IN UTAH Pacific Ocean VT WISCONSIN NEVADA do ra o l Co MAINE MICHIGAN pi s ip ssis Mi WYOMING MINNESOTA Ap pa lac hia n. M ou nt ain s OREGON NORTH DAKOTA ri ou iss M s tai n oun ky M Roc Columbia Atlantic Ocean

Guam D C Puerto A Rico Northern Mariana Islands American Samoa E United States Territories B U. S. Virgin Islands

CANADA Great Lakes WASHINGTON MONTANA IDAHO SOUTH DAKOTA IOWA NEBRASKA MIC AN A KANSAS MISSOURI WEST INIA VIRG TENNESSEE S IS M ALABAMA NEW JERSEY DELAWARE MARYLAND Washington, D. C. Atlantic Ocean GEORGIA IS PP SI UI I SI AN A A ID OR Gulf of Mexico FL MEXICO RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA ARKANSAS LO VIRGINIA KENTUCKY OKLAHOMA TEXAS OHIO io Oh COLORADO Rio Gra nde AN PENNSYLVANIA ILLINOIS NEW MEXICO NH MASS HIG DI CALIFORNIA ARIZONA NEW YORK IN UTAH Pacific Ocean VT WISCONSIN NEVADA do ra o l Co MAINE MICHIGAN pi s ip ssis Mi WYOMING MINNESOTA Ap pa lac hia n. M ou nt ain s OREGON NORTH DAKOTA ri ou iss M s tai n oun ky M Roc Columbia Home Sweet Home: Where Are YOU?

HAWAII Yuk on ALASKA Mt. Kilauea Not to scale Home Sweet Home: Where Are YOU?

U. S. Virgin Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Guam American Samoa Not to scale Home Sweet Home: Where Are YOU?

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WASHINGTON Olympia Salem Helena WYOMING NEW YORK MIC St Paul Pierre HIG Madison Cheyenne Lincoln UTAH Denver Springfield COLORADO CALIFORNIA Santa Fe Oklahoma City TENNESSEE ARKANSAS Little Rock M ALABAMA S IS NEW MEXICO PP SI IS ALASKA UI TEXAS AN A Austin Montgomery NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA Atlanta Columbia GEORGIA Jackson SI Juneau VIRGINIA I LO MARYLAND Richmond Raleigh Nashville OKLAHOMA Phoenix Charleston Tallahassee Baton Rouge A ID OR FL Not to scale State Capitals Trenton Dover KENTUCKY MISSOURI CONNECTICUT Hartford DELAWARE INIA VIRG Frankfort Jefferson City Harrisburg Columbus WEST Topeka KANSAS ARIZONA Indianapolis Concord Boston MASS RHODE ISLAND Providence NEW JERSEY OHIO INDIANA Des Moines ILLINOIS NH PENNSYLVANIA NEBRASKA Salt Lake City Albany AN Lansing IOWA NEVADA Carson City Sacramento VT WISCONSIN SOUTH DAKOTA Augusta Montpelier IDAHO Boise Honolulu Bismarck MAINE MINNESOTA MICHIGAN OREGON HAWAII MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA Annapolis

Charlotte Amalie Agana U. S. Virgin Islands Northern Mariana Islands San Juan Puerto Rico Guam Saipan Pago American Samoa Not to scale Territorial Capitals