The United States of America Presented by Ms. Hedstrom

Location Places to see: The Grand Canyon -Located in Northern Arizona Mount Rushmore - Located in South Dakota

Location Capital  Washington D.C. Neighbors: Canada Mexico

Location From Pittsville to Washington D.C. 777 miles E-SE They are 1 hour ahead in time.

Location Washington D.C. is 38:54N 77:00W North America

Place Plants: Deciduous & Coniferous forests - maple, oak, pine, & ect Grasslands Desert scrub - cacti Animals: - several birds - wild cats & bears - wolves - deer & antelope - bison

Place Religion: 56%Protestantism 25%Roman Catholicism 2%Judaism 17%Other, Islam, Buddhism, and HinduismTraditions 4 th of July fireworks Presents at Christmas Hiding Easter Eggs

Place American Ethnicities: - 80%White - 12%black - 3%Asian and Pacific Islanders - 5%Other including Native Americans and many other groups Languages: English, Spanish, and others make up 18%

Place Physical features: Rocky Mountains Appalachian Mountains Great plains Mississippi River Death Valley

Place Size: 3,717,769 sq. mi. Population: 300,000,000+ Population Density: 80.7 per sq. mi

Human/Environment Interaction Resources: Coal Copper Fishing Gold Hydroelectric power Iron Ore Natural gas Petroleum Silver Zinc Uranium

Human/Environment Interaction Where do they live? Along the Atlantic Coast In urban areas

Human/Environment Interaction Why live there? Jobs Entertainment Lifestyle Historically resource rich

Human/Environment Interaction Changes made: Created dumps Pollution Built roads Built railroads Built cities Mined Put up windmills

Human/Environment Interaction Land Usage: Farming Ranching Forests Manufacturing

Movement Communication: Telephone million Cellular phone million Radio  4,789 AM, 8,961 FM, 19 shortwave 2,218 TV stations 195,138,696 internet hosts - 205,326,680 users

Movement Export: –agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) – industrial supplies (organic chemicals) –capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) –consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) Partners: Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, UK $927.5 billion f.o.b.

Movement Imports: –agricultural products –industrial supplies (crude oil) –capital goods (computers, telecommunications, vehicle parts, office & electric machinery) –consumer goods (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) Partners: Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Germany $1.727 trillion f.o.b.

Movement How to get there: 31 International Airports - Washington D.C, Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, and L.A Ports: New York, Miami, L.A., Duluth, and more

Movement Transportation: Railroads – 226,605 km Highways – 6,407,637 km Waterways – 19,312 km used for commerce Ports & harbors Airports – 14,858 5,119 are paved 149 heliports

Region Government: Federative Republic 50 states & 1 District

Region Flag Description: - 13 stripes of red & white - blue rectangle in upper hoist-side corner - 50 small, white, five- pointed stars - stars represent the 50 states - 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies - known as Old Glory;

Region Climate: -tropical rainforest -tropical savanna -steppe -desert -marine west coast -mediterranean -humid subtropical -humid continental -subarctic -tundra -highland 58ºF 39” of precipitation

Region Occupations: –farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7% –manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.9% –managerial, professional, and technical 34.7% –sales and office 25.4% –other services 16.3% Currency: dollar

Region Literacy rate: total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% Life expectancy: total population: years male: years female: years