1. The West By: Maria Zabel

2. Location

3.  Major Cities Los Angeles, California (Population-12,875,587) San Francisco, California (Population- 7,468,390) Phoenix, Arizona (4,281,899)  Landforms Rocky Mountains-extends more than 3,000 miles across the western part of America Great Basin- A large desert that covers 200,000 sq. miles in California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming Mt. Rainer-14,410, 4,392 meters, Cascade in Washington, Highest peak in Washington  Resources Fishing-Crabs, fish, oysters, scallops, shrimp Mining- Coal, copper, gold, lead, national gas, oil, silver, uranium, zinc

4. Location  Relative location to a compass West of the United States  Longitude and Latitude (Largest City) 34° 3’ 8’’ N / 118° 14’ 34’’ W  Reasons People Live Here They like the location The weather is really nice too

5. Place

6.  Customs, Religions, Ethnic Groups Customs-Christians, Mexicans Religions-Christianity  Resources Agricultural lands Oil Solar Power Copper Silver  Landforms Rocky Mountains Great Basin Mt. Rainer Mt. McKinley Mt. Hood Great Plains

7. Place  Climate and Weather Patterns Winter – 50°s Summers – 90°s-100°s Fall - 70°s Spring - 80°s - 90°s  Weather Affecting the Settlement

8. Human Environmental- Interactions

9.  Economic Issues Debt Unemployment  Climate Affecting the Settlement They would have to dress in shorts because of the hot climate they have and the unexpected weather changes  Pollution Affecting the Settlement No, because the pollution is bad at all in the western region

10. Movement

11.  Why People Live here People live here because of the nice, hot summer they get. The winter are nice and warm too  Goods Transportation By: Highways Rivers Airports Freeways Railways Railroads  Major transportation interrupted People wouldn’t get there items when they wanted Transportation would have to find a different way

12. Regions

13.  Tourist Attractions Yellow Stone – Wyoming Cayonlands – Utah Rocky Mountains – Colorado Yosemite – California Idaho Falls – Idaho

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