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- 1. A LOOK AT OUR COUNTRY By: Chalie Henderson
- 2. THE GEOGRAPHY OF OUR LAND Geography Seacoasts Mountains
GrasslandsDeserts
- 3. WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES HAVEVARIETY? Coversa Large Area
Large Population Melting Pot of Cultures
- 4. HOW THE UNITED STATES STARTED Immigrants People came From:
Asia and Europe Mexico Philippines Cuba, Vietnam, China, Korea,
andRussia
- 5. FROM FARMING TO INDUSTRIES Before the 1800s Farming,
Hunting, and Fishing1800sMoved to CitiesAs Industries
GrewMetropolitan Areas
- 6. LAND USAGE Natural Resources: Farmable Land and Large Supply
ofWater Coal, Petroleum, Iron Ore, Gold, Silver,and Uranium
- 7. OTHER USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES Outdoor Activities
- 8. RESOURCES Renewable Non-renewable Resources
- 9. IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING Conserving Non-renewable Resource
Fossil Fuels RenewableResource Forests
- 10. HOW TO PRESERVE Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce Examples:
Recycle Plastic, Paper, and Glass Limit Usage of Water Planting
Plants
- 11. WHAT IS A REGION? Region Ways to Divide a Region:
Northeast, South, Midwest, and West Land Usage Natural
Resources
- 12. CLIMATE Climate Florida DefinesRegions Dividing a Region:
Temperature Rainfall Michigan
- 13. UNITED STATES REGIONS CoastalPlain AppalachianHighlands
Interior Lowlands Great Plains Rocky Mountains Intermontane and
Pacific West
- 14. POPULATED REGIONS Located Near Natural Resources Water
Industries
- 15. ADDITIONAL REGIONS Alaska Hawaii
- 16. CONNECTING OUR STATES Interstate Highways
- 17. INFORMATION CREDIT Garcia, Juan R. et al. Our United
States:Teaching Guide 5: Part 1. Parsippany: SilverBurdett Ginn
Inc, 1997. Print.
- 18. Slide 1:PICTURE CREDITS
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