1. LOCATION PLACE MOVEMENT REGION HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
Geography
LOCATION
PLACE
MOVEMENT
REGION
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

2. ( Contiguous USA, not including Hawaii and Alaska)
1. What is the United States’ ABSOLUTE LOCATION?
30 North to 50 North LATITUDE
75 West to 120 West LONGITUDE
( Contiguous USA, not including Hawaii and Alaska)
LOCATION

3. LOCATION 1.What is the United States’ RELATIVE LOCATION?
South of Canada
North of Mexico
Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
1.How has the country’s relative location changed over time?
Canada use to be part of Great Britain
Mexico use to part of Spain
The USA was originally just the 13 colonies on Atlantic coast…not all the way to the Pacific!!!
LOCATION

4. PLACE
2. What are the physical and human characteristics of the United States?
- Landforms…mountains; plains; deserts; bodies of water; vegetation, climate
- Cultural diversity (melting pot); population density in East; Elderly in Florida…

5. MOVEMENT 3. How have people, goods, and ideas moved between places?
Bering Strait (Native Americans arrival)
European settlers arrival (Jamestown, VA)
Westward Expansion (Expansion of slavery?)
“Rust Belt” loses population to “Sun Belt”

6. REGION
4. How are areas of the United States similar to and different from other places?
All regions have: towns, cities, counties, states…
Regions differ: land, resources, people

7. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
6. How have people interacted with the natural environment?
Agriculture, fishing, lumbering, factories, canals, railroads….
6. How have the nation’s mountains and waterways influenced the development of the US?
SLOWED…HINDERED !!!
ADVANCED…HELPED !!!
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

8. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
MOVEMENT
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
7. What have been the major patterns of immigration and movement of people over the course of the country’s history?
Eastward…from Asia (Bering Strait) to North America
Westward…from Europe to Atlantic Coast
Westward…from Africa to Caribbean
Northward…from Mexico to the Southwest USA

9. OLEAN , NEW YORK LOCATION PLACE MOVEMENT REGION
Absolute: 42N 78W
Relative: Southeast of Buffalo
PLACE
Allegany River; Rock City
MOVEMENT
Erie Canal connects Olean to NY…Buffalo…Chicago
REGION
Southern Tier; Enchanted Mountain Region
HUMAN- ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
Genesee Canal; Erie Railroad
Urbanization; Industrialization; Agriculture…