This Land Is Your Land American Geography Basics

Continental United States

Not to scale + 2 = 50 States!

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

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

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

Raging Rivers: America’s Two Longest Rivers CANADA Great Lakes NEBRASKA MONTANA MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH KANSAS ILLINOIS IOWA Missouri KENTUCKY ARKANSAS LOUISIANA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE LONGEST RIVER Mississippi SECOND LONGEST RIVER Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Raging Rivers: America’s Two Longest Rivers

Raging Rivers: More Major Rivers CANADA WASHINGTON OREGON Great Lakes NEBRASKA MONTANA MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH KANSAS ILLINOIS IOWA Missouri Columbia KENTUCKY ARKANSAS LOUISIANA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE LONGEST RIVER Missouri Mississippi INDIANA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA NEVADA CALIFORNIA COLORADO UTAH ARIZONA Missouri Colorado Ohio SECOND LONGEST RIVER Pacific Ocean Rio Grande Atlantic Ocean Mississippi NEW MEXICO TEXAS Yukon ALASKA MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Raging Rivers: More Major Rivers

Majestic Mountains Rocky Mountains CANADA Great Lakes WASHINGTON OREGON Great Lakes NEBRASKA MONTANA MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH KANSAS ILLINOIS IOWA Columbia KENTUCKY ARKANSAS LOUISIANA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE YORK VIRGINIA RHODE ISLAND MASS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY DELAWARE MARYLAND NORTH CAROLINA ALABAMA GEORGIA SOUTH FLORIDA CAROLINA NEW MAINE NH VT OKLAHOMA IDAHO WYOMING MICHIGAN Rocky Mountains Missouri Mississippi INDIANA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA Appalachian Mountains NEVADA CALIFORNIA COLORADO UTAH ARIZONA Colorado Ohio Pacific Ocean Rio Grande Atlantic Ocean NEW MEXICO TEXAS HAWAII MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Mt. Kilauea Majestic Mountains

Our Nation’s Capital CANADA Rocky Mountains Great Lakes WASHINGTON OREGON Great Lakes NEBRASKA MONTANA MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH KANSAS ILLINOIS IOWA Columbia KENTUCKY ARKANSAS LOUISIANA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE YORK VIRGINIA RHODE ISLAND MASS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY DELAWARE MARYLAND NORTH CAROLINA ALABAMA GEORGIA SOUTH FLORIDA CAROLINA NEW MAINE NH VT OKLAHOMA IDAHO WYOMING MICHIGAN Missouri Mississippi INDIANA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA Appalachian Mountains NEVADA CALIFORNIA COLORADO UTAH ARIZONA Colorado Ohio Washington, D.C. Pacific Ocean Rio Grande Atlantic Ocean NEW MEXICO TEXAS MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Our Nation’s Capital

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

Home Sweet Home: Where Are YOU? CANADA Rocky Mountains WASHINGTON OREGON Great Lakes NEBRASKA MONTANA MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH KANSAS ILLINOIS IOWA Columbia KENTUCKY ARKANSAS LOUISIANA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE YORK VIRGINIA RHODE ISLAND MASS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY DELAWARE MARYLAND NORTH CAROLINA ALABAMA GEORGIA SOUTH FLORIDA CAROLINA NEW MAINE NH VT OKLAHOMA IDAHO WYOMING MICHIGAN Missouri Mississippi INDIANA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA Appalachian Mountains NEVADA CALIFORNIA COLORADO UTAH ARIZONA Colorado Ohio Washington, D.C. Pacific Ocean Rio Grande Atlantic Ocean NEW MEXICO TEXAS Teachers: Find your capital on the State Capitals slide at the end of this presentation. Copy/paste it onto this slide. Each capital has built-in animation that should allow it to appear when you click. MEXICO Gulf of Mexico Home Sweet Home: Where Are YOU?

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

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?

Capital City Slides Teachers: Copy/paste your capital from one of these slides to the appropriate “Home Sweet Home” slide. Each capital includes animation that should let you click to make it appear.

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

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