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Social Studies Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Regions & Landforms
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Region an area in which places share similar characteristics
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Region To the tune of Found a Peanut Found a region, found a region,
Found a region last night It's an area Where the places All share things that are alike
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Landform a natural feature on Earth's surface
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Landforms To the tune of Boom Boom
Landforms, they are natural features Mountains and rivers on the face of the earth
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Northeast Region Contains part of the Appalachian Mts. (oldest mountain range in the U.S.) Hilly and rocky along Atlantic coast Good farmland in the west Appalachian Mts. Atlantic coast
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Mountain a very high landform with steep and rocky sides
King’s Canyon NP California
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Mountain To the tune of She'll Be Coming around the Mountain
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes It's a very high landform with steep and rocky sides
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Southeast Region Contains part of Appalachian Mts.
Mts. flatten into the Atlantic Coastal Plain West of mountains plains lead to Gulf of Mexico Mammoth Cave in Kentucky (world’s largest cave) Atlantic Coastal Plain Mammoth Cave
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Plain a large area of mostly flat land that is often covered with grass
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Plain To the tune of BINGO P-L-AIN flat land that's very grassy
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Midwest Region Flat, grassy plains, forests and rolling hills
Mississippi River, Ohio River, & Missouri River all flow through this region 4 of 5 Great Lakes border this region; Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, & Lake Superior Lake Superior
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Southwest Region Only 4 states; Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, & Oklahoma
Deserts and canyons Grand Canyon Includes part of the Rocky Mt. Range
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Desert an area that gets very little rain
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Desert To the tune of London Bridge Desert air is hot and dry
Not much rainfall
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Canyon a deep valley with steep rocky walls
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Canyon To the tune of Happy Birthday It's a canyon, you see
It's a really deep valley With steep rocky walls It's a canyon you see
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Plateau a large, flat raised area of land
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West Region Highest and lowest temperatures in U.S.
Highest and lowest landforms in U.S. Pacific Ocean and sandy beaches Rocky Mountain Range Fertile, green valleys in Oregon and California Alaska and Hawaii are in this region
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Boundary a line of natural feature that divides one area from another or one state from another
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Boundary To the tune of Camp Town Races Bound-a-ries are like a line
do dah And their job is to divide All the do dah day
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