The United States
A Varied Landscape
MAPS & IMAGES
Types of Maps
- Political maps display artificial boundaries between counties, states, or nations and shows where cities or state capitals are located.
- Region maps show the areas of land that share a common characteristic.
- Economic or resource maps show the specific types of economic activity or natural resources present in an area through the use of different symbols or colors.
- The weather map below shows the high and low pressure systems that cause cold and warm fronts.
Types of Maps.docxUnited States Climate Region Map
United States - Political Map of State Boundaries
Pacific Northwest
Mount Hood/Mirror Lake, Oregon
Shoshone Falls, Idaho
Boise, Idaho
Mount St. Helens, Washington
Southwest
Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada
Mojave Trails, California
White Sands, New Mexico
Bryce Canyon Arches, Utah
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Horseshoe Bend (Grand Canyon), Arizona
Northern Plains
Custer State Park, South Dakota
Uncle Tom's Trail Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Native Prairie in East Central North Dakota
Panorama Point, Nebraska
Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado
Southern Plains
Mount Sunflower, Kansas
Texas Hill Country
Lubbock County (Texas)
Concho River near San Angelo, Texas
Gulf Coast near Corpus Christi, Texas
Flint Hills, Kansas
Southwestern Oklahoma
Red Dirt of Oklahoma
Franklin Mountains (Texas)
Gulf Coast Prairie (Texas)
Midwest
Itasca State Park, Minnesota
Dillard Mill, Missouri
Quarry Park in Marion, Ohio
Ash Cave at Hocking Hills State Park in Logan, Ohio
Madison, Wisconsin
Fall Leaves in Brown County, Indiana
Walker, Indiana
Northeast
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Acadia National Park in Maine
Rural Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains, West Virginia
Adirondack Mountains in New York
Lake Placid, New York
Swamp in West Virginia
Southeast
Smoky Mountains National Park in South Carolina
Newfound Gap Mountain Pass Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Lee County, Virginia
Cypress Dome Swamp at Everglades National Park in Florida
Major Rivers in the United States
The Great Lakes
*Memory Tool: HOMES = Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, Superior
VocabulaRY
LATITUDE - distance measured in degrees north or south from an imaginary line (called the equator) that run horizontally around the earth
REGION - an area of land that has a common characteristic (political unity, language, dialect) or has common landforms or climate patterns
GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS - physical and human conditions that impact the environments of places and regions
POLITICAL BOUNDARY - the imaginary line between two cities, counties, or countries based on the decision for that area to have the same government
CLIMATE - the usual weather conditions in a particular place or region
VEGETATION - plants in general; plants that cover a particular area
RURAL - of or relating to the country and the people who live there
URBAN - of, relating to, typical of a city and the people who live there
LONGITUDE - distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line (called the prime meridian) that runs vertically around the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole
LANDFORM - a natural physical feature on the earth's surface
SETTLEMENT PATTERNS - the physical arrangement observed by looking at where people live
PHYSICAL FEATURE - a landform, body of water, climate, natural vegetation, and type of soil found on the earth
ECONOMY - the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES - a chance to improve one's way of life through the use of natural resources or by doing a job, selling products, or providing a service.
CENSUS - the official process of counting the number of people in a country, city, or town and collecting information about them
DISTRIBUTION - the way something is divided or spread out
Fun Zone
State Capitals Practice
Click the images below to play the games!
Geography Vocabulary Practice
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