Geography/General Review

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Geography/General Review 10th Pre-AP U.S. History Geography/General Review

United States Continent: North America Land Area: 3,679,192 square miles 3rd Largest Country in the World Largest State: Alaska Smallest State: Rhode Island

U.S. Neighbors Border to the North: Canada Border to the South: Mexico

Largest Urban Areas: New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA “Birthplace of Liberty”: Philadelphia “Second City”: Chicago U.S. Capital: Washington D.C.

Bodies of Water in U.S. Body of water on East Coast: Atlantic Ocean Body of water on West Coast: Pacific Ocean Longest River: Mississippi River Great Lakes: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario

Elevation Highest: Mount McKinley Lowest: Death Valley

Important People President: Barack Obama Vice President: Joe Biden Secretary of State: John Kerry Secretary of Defense: Chuck Hagel Secretary of Homeland Security: Jeh Johnson

National Anthem “Star Spangled Banner” Written By: Francis Scott Key After the Battle of Ft. McHenry

Alabama 1819 Capital: Montgomery North: Tennessee East: Georgia West: Mississippi South: Florida Body of Water to South: Gulf of Mexico

Alabama Flower: Camellia Bird: Yellow Hammer Governor: Dr. Robert Bentley State Song: Alabama Written By: Julia Tutwiler

General Info BC stands for: “Before Christ” AD stands for: “Anno Domini” Latin: In the year of our Lord Ten Years: Decade One Hundred Years: Century One Thousand Years: Millennium