1. The American Nation
Beginnings Through 1877

2. Geography
The study of people, environments, and natural resources

3. 5 Themes=LIMPr
LOCATION
INTERACTION
MOVEMENT
PLACE
REGION

4. Location First bullet point here Second bullet point here
Third bullet point here

5. Words to Know
Natural Resources: materials that humans can take from the environment to survive and satisfy their needs
Irrigation: bringing water to dry lands
Map Projections: drawing Earth on a flat surface
Thematic Maps: specific maps (population, econmic)
Mercator Projection: Flemish Gerardus Mercator 1569

6. “America the Beautiful”

7. “Amber Waves of Grain” Oh Beautiful
Katherine Lee Bates, school teacher
1893 poem
Looking out from Pikes Peak
O beautiful for spacious skies,  For amber waves of grain,  For purple mountain majesties  Above the fruited plain!  America! America!  God shed his grace on thee  And crown thy good with brotherhood  From sea to shining sea!  O beautiful for pilgrim feet  Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare of freedom beat  Across the wilderness!  America! America!  God mend thine every flaw,  Confirm thy soul in self-control,  Thy liberty in law! 

8. Pikes Peak, Colorado

9. Isthmus of Panama Isthmus: narrow strip of land
Elevation: height above sea level
Erosion: gradual wearing away
Isthmus of Panama
 Istmo de Panamá, 

11. PACIFIC COAST Westernmost region of the U.S. Alaska to Mexico
Mountain Ranges: Cascades and Sierra Nevadas
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles
San Andreas Fault: 600 mile fracture= quakes!
PACIFIC COAST