1. Geography/General Review
10th Pre-AP U.S. History
Geography/General Review

2. United States Continent: North America
Land Area: 3,679,192 square miles
3rd Largest Country in the World
Largest State: Alaska
Smallest State: Rhode Island

3. U.S. Neighbors
Border to the North: Canada
Border to the South: Mexico

4. Largest Urban Areas: New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
“Birthplace of Liberty”: Philadelphia
“Second City”: Chicago
U.S. Capital: Washington D.C.

5. Bodies of Water in U.S. Body of water on East Coast: Atlantic Ocean
Body of water on West Coast: Pacific Ocean
Longest River: Mississippi River
Great Lakes: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario

6. Elevation
Highest: Mount McKinley
Lowest: Death Valley

7. Important People President: Barack Obama Vice President: Joe Biden
Secretary of State: John Kerry
Secretary of Defense: Chuck Hagel
Secretary of Homeland Security: Jeh Johnson

8. National Anthem “Star Spangled Banner” Written By: Francis Scott Key
After the Battle of Ft. McHenry

10. Alabama 1819 Capital: Montgomery North: Tennessee East: Georgia
West: Mississippi
South: Florida
Body of Water to South: Gulf of Mexico

11. Alabama Flower: Camellia Bird: Yellow Hammer
Governor: Dr. Robert Bentley
State Song: Alabama
Written By: Julia Tutwiler

13. General Info BC stands for: “Before Christ”
AD stands for: “Anno Domini”
Latin: In the year of our Lord
Ten Years: Decade
One Hundred Years: Century
One Thousand Years: Millennium