Geography of the Geography of the United States of United States of

AmericaAmerica

Cities and StatesCities and States

Fifty StatesFifty States

The East CoastThe East Coast

The SouthThe South

The MidwestThe Midwest

The WestThe West

State sign on the border with Utah.

ColoradoColorado

Home of the Rocky Home of the Rocky MountainsMountains

A picture from Colorado A picture from Colorado yesterday.yesterday.

(February 24, 2013)(February 24, 2013)

OklahomaOklahoma

Camille lives here!

Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.

► The capital of the The capital of the United States of United States of America: The America: The government and government and President are here.President are here.

►Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. does not lie in any does not lie in any state.state.

► It is the “District of It is the “District of Columbia.”Columbia.”

It is near Virginia and It is near Virginia and Maryland.Maryland.

New YorkNew York

New York City (NYC) is in the New York City (NYC) is in the statestate of New York. of New York.

Central ParkCentral Park

Boston, MassachusettsBoston, Massachusetts

I lived in Boston before moving to Spain.

Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Our nation was founded here in 1776.

►This is the This is the school I school I worked in worked in when I was when I was in Boston.in Boston.

FloridaFlorida

Disney World

and

Harry Potter World

Chicago, IllinoisChicago, Illinois

Chicago is a city in Illinois.Chicago is a city in Illinois.

Chicago is a city in Illinois.Chicago is a city in Illinois.

Comparing the size of the Great Lakes to Europe

The Sears Tower (now called the Willis Tower) is the tallest building in the United States!

Texas (The Lone Star State)Texas (The Lone Star State)

► Texas is the Texas is the largest state in largest state in the contiguous 48 the contiguous 48 states. states.

► Texas is the Texas is the second most second most populous state. populous state.

CaliforniaCalifornia

► Los Angeles Los Angeles (LA) is not the (LA) is not the capital. capital. Neither is San Neither is San Francisco.Francisco.

► It’s It’s Sacramento!Sacramento!

► California has California has the largest the largest population of population of all the states.all the states.

Golden Gate Bridge in San Golden Gate Bridge in San FranciscoFrancisco

Some of my family lives in San Francisco. When they visited Vigo, they were reminded of San Francisco!

Los AngelesLos AngelesLos Angeles!

My grandma lives in a beach My grandma lives in a beach town on the coast called Port town on the coast called Port

Hueneme.Hueneme.

Las Vegas is in Nevada.Las Vegas is in Nevada.

AlaskaAlaska

► Alaska is Alaska is separated from separated from the United the United States by States by Canada. Canada.

► It is the largest It is the largest of the fifty of the fifty states. states.

The Grand Canyon is in The Grand Canyon is in Arizona!Arizona!

(The canyon was formed by the Colorado River).

ArizonaArizona