Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Exploring New York

Topic: Exploring New York Date: 9//13 Source: TB p. 18-24 Niagara Falls: the land around Niagara Falls became the first NY state park

Finger Lakes: 11 lakes shaped like fingers and formed by glaciers

Gorge: valley with very steep, rocky sides

Adirondack Mountains: 42 mountains more than 4,000 feet high

Hudson River: begins as a stream in the Adirondack Mountains and flows south 315 miles to the Atlantic Ocean

Tributary: stream or river that flows into a larger river

Estuary: an arm of the sea

Long Island: is very long (120 miles long) Montauk Point: eastern tip of Long Island

Lake Erie Lake Ontario Two of the world’s biggest lakes that border NY Part of a group of 5 lakes called “the Great Lakes”

Theodore Roosevelt: loved nature and wanted to protect it

Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Where is New York?

Vocabulary Hemisphere: half of Earth Hemispheres make it easier to study our planet Western Hemisphere: where New York is located There are also Eastern, Northern, and Southern hemispheres

Vocabulary Continents: largest land areas on Earth North America: New York is located on this continent Other continents: South America Africa Europe Asia Australia Antarctica

Vocabulary Region: an area with features that make it different from other areas 5 regions in the United States Northeast Southeast Midwest Southwest West Physical features: features of land, such as rivers and mountains

Vocabulary Human feature: something built by humans Example: city Culture: a group of people’s way of life Neil deGrasse Tyson: a scientist who runs a planetarium in New York City