1. Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Exploring New York

2. Topic: Exploring New York Date: 9//13 Source: TB p. 18-24
Niagara Falls: the land around Niagara Falls became the first NY state park

3. Finger Lakes: 11 lakes shaped like fingers and formed by glaciers

4. Gorge: valley with very steep, rocky sides

5. Adirondack Mountains: 42 mountains more than 4,000 feet high

6. Hudson River: begins as a stream in the Adirondack Mountains and flows south 315 miles to the Atlantic Ocean

7. Tributary: stream or river that flows into a larger river

8. Estuary: an arm of the sea

9. Long Island: is very long (120 miles long)
Montauk Point: eastern tip of Long Island

10. Lake Erie Lake Ontario Two of the world’s biggest lakes that border NY
Part of a group of 5 lakes called “the Great Lakes”

11. Theodore Roosevelt: loved nature and wanted to protect it

12. Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Where is New York?

13. Vocabulary Hemisphere: half of Earth
Hemispheres make it easier to study our planet
Western Hemisphere: where New York is located
There are also Eastern, Northern, and Southern hemispheres

14. Vocabulary Continents: largest land areas on Earth
North America: New York is located on this continent
Other continents:
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica

15. Vocabulary
Region: an area with features that make it different from other areas
5 regions in the United States
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
West
Physical features: features of land, such as rivers and mountains

16. Vocabulary Human feature: something built by humans
Example: city
Culture: a group of people’s way of life
Neil deGrasse Tyson: a scientist who runs a planetarium in New York City