1. Vocabulary Chapter 1, Lesson 1 wetland delta tributary human features county physical feature continent hemisphere landform climate

2. AL History Chapter 1, Lesson 1 Alabama is one of the 50 states in the United States of America. Alabama is on the continent of North America in Earth’s Northern and Western hemisperes.

3. Alabama is in the Southeast Region, or part, of the United States.

4. Alabama has a mild climate. That means it’s never too hot or too cold. Alabama often has severe weather in the forms of hurricanes and tornadoes.

5. AL History Chapter 1, Lesson 2 Alabama has a big variety of physical features. Types of AL landforms: mountains hills and valleys coastal plain wetlands

6. The mountain range in the northeast corner of AL is called the Appalachian Mountains. At the foot of the App. Mountains is an area of hills and valleys called the Piedmont.

7. Alabama is on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. This low, flat land on the Gulf is known as a coastal plain. Wetland areas include bayous, marshes, and swamps. These can be found in areas such as the Tensaw Delta.

8. Mobile, AL’s only seaport city & one of AL’s largest cities, sits on Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The geography of AL does not stop at AL’s borders. It continues and connects AL with other states. Rivers and their tributaries are the same way. The Tennessee River is a tributary of the Ohio River which meets the Mississippi River and then empties into the Gulf of Mexico.

9. AL History Chapter 1, Lesson 3 Towns and cities are examples of human features in AL. AL is also divided into 67 counties. We live in Colbert County.

10. AL’s largest cities are Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, and Huntsville The Shoals Quad- Cities include Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Muscle Shoals, and Florence.

11. AL Tourist Attractions (Human Features) US Space and Rocket Center: Huntsville Mae Jemison became the first African American woman in space in 1992.

12. AL Tourist Attractions (Human Features) Helen Keller Home: Tuscumbia Ivy Green

13. AL Tourist Attractions (Human Features) USS Alabama: Mobile World War II battleship

14. AL Tourist Attractions (Human Features) Civil Rights Memorial: Montgomery

15. AL Tourist Attractions (Human Features) W.C. Handy Home: Florence W.C. Handy was a musician known as “The Father of the Blues.”