1. SOL WG.4

2. Learning Target
I can identify various human-environment interactions and what makes a country/region important.

3. Warm-up Define the following terms Deforestation Acid Rain
Soil Fertility
What factors determine the importance of a country?
How can major bodies of water impact human life?
How can mountains impact human life?

4. Today’s class
Complete the two assigned Achieve 3000 articles or finish your test.
Begin notes on PowerPoint SOL.w4 on the Weebly.

5. Vocabulary
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - The value of a country's overall output of goods and services.
Infrastructures - buildings, roads, and power supplies needed for the operation of a society.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – An agreement that makes it easy for the United States, Canada, and Mexico to trade freely.

6. United States and Canada
Rivers
Other Water Features
Land Forms
- Mississippi
– St. Lawrence
– Colorado
– Columbia
– Rio Grande
BLUE
– Gulf of Mexico
– Great Lakes
– Arctic Ocean
– Pacific Ocean
– Atlantic Ocean
– Hudson Bay
BLUE
– Appalachian Mountains
– Pacific Coastal Ranges
– Basin and Range
– Rocky Mountains
– Great Plains
– Interior lowlands
– Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains
– Canadian Shield
– Grand Canyon
– Columbia Plateau
– Colorado Plateau

7. Physical Characteristics
Abundant natural resources
-coal
-oil
-natural gas
-forest products
-uranium
-wheat
-grain

8. Physical Characteristics
Continental Divide
The idea that mountains divide a region

9. Physical Characteristics
Varied Climatic Regions- Range from the Tundra in Alaska to the Tropical Wet in Hawaii
Alaska Hawaii

10. Warm up- five minutes
List three Ecological factors that influence regional development.
List four factors that determine the relative importance of a Region
Compile a list of as many geographic features in the United States that you can think of.