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Social StudiesUSA PACIFIC REGION

Indicator 1 and 2 – Second Term, 21!Se"ent# $rade

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O&'ecti"e( To understand that the PacifcRegion o the United States has uniquecharacteristics that make it special and dierentto other regions.

)earnin$ O&'ecti"e: Describes and classifesinormation related to the geograph and peopleo the Pacifc Region o the United States.


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Then sas he unto his disciples' Thehar(est trul is plenteous' but the laborersare e#)

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STATE CAPITA) *laska +*,- uneau /a#aii +/0- /onolulu

1ashington +1*- 2lmpia 2regon +2R- Salem 3aliornia +3*- Sacramento

T3E 4EST COAST STATES 1ashington

2regon

3aliornia

Geo$ra#5 o t#e Pacic Re$ion


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340"*T5 The ha(e mild climate because the Pacifc 2cean carries #arm#ater and #arm bree6es rom the south'the also cause more rain to all in 2regonand 1ashington.

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*n 5arthquake is a strong shaking o theground. 0n the US*' most o the earthquakeshappen in the Pacifc Region.


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0t is the lar$est state in the United States.

To reach *laska rom the state o 1ashington'ou ha(e to tra(el hundreds o miles north

through 3anada. The northern *laska is Tundra6 This is theland that is too cold or trees to gro#. 8otall *laska is tundra' it is #arm in Southern

*laska or armers to gro# oats' barle andpotatoes.

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0t is arther #est and arther south than an other state.0t is hundreds o miles out in the Pacifc 2cean.

/a#aii is kno#n or its mild' pleasant climate.

The islands o /a#aii #ere ormed long time ago b

:olcanoes6 :olcanoes are openings in the crust o the 5arth

through #hich melting rocks' dust' ash' and hot gasesare thro#n up.

The hot rock is called )a"a6 "illions o ears ago'

(olcanoes under the Pacifc 2cean erupted +shot la(ainto the air-. The hardened la(a ormed the /a#aiian0slands.

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/ome#ork: 3ut and paste the phsical maps o the

islands o /a#aii and *laska. 3ompare them

and ans#er: Suppose ou #ere going to mo(e to *laskaor /a#aii. 1hich state #ould ou choose95plain our ans#er.


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Colum&ia Ri"er: ;lo#s through1ashington state and orms the borderbet#een it and 2regon. The 3olumbia ri(eris the largest hdroelectric po#er producingri(er in *merica.

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"an groups o *merican 0ndians' such as the"odoc and >akima' li(ed near the #est coast.?eore the settlers came' the *merican 0ndiangroups fshed' hunted' and used the trees o

the orest to build boats and houses. Then Spanish colonist and "eican *mericans

mo(ed there. During the @ABBs' pioneers rom5ast began mo(ing to the #est. *t that time

the 1est #as kno#n as the rontier. * rontieris the arthest edge o a countr' #here a e#settlers li(e.

PEOP)E IN T3E PACIFICREGION


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0n @ACA gold #as disco(ered in 3aliornia.0mmigrants rom 5urope came too. Thehoped to fnd gold or good land there. Thenne#s o gold in 3aliornia reached 3hina.3hina is a countr in *sia' #hich is acrossthe Pacifc 2cean. 0mmigrant rom 3hinacame to 3aliornia to look or gold.


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The Pacifc Region has a great miture o peopleand #as o lie as ou can fnd an#here in theUnited States. People ha(e mo(ed to the regionrom all o(er the #orld. "an *merican 0ndians'

/ispanics' and *sian *mericans li(e in the PacifcRegion.

*bout C million people li(e in the Pacifc Region.*laska is the largest state' but e# people li(e

there. 3aliornia has the biggest population o allthe states. 4os *ngeles ' 3aliornia' is the largestcit in the Pacifc Region.

PEOP)E TO;A


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The orest o 2regon and 1ashington pro(ideman o the #ood products #e use.

The maEor product o *laska is oil. The oil feld in*laska is bigger than an other in 8orth *merica.

"an ruits and (egetables are gro#n in the #est3oast states.

3aliornia and 1ashington are also importantcenters or technolog.

Since all the states o this region are near thePacifc 2cean fshing is an important part o theeconom.

ECONO=< OF T3E PACIFICREGION


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