Northeast U.S. Video Guide 1. What information can you get from maps? 2. What are the four regions that are commonly used to divide the U.S.? 2. What are the four regions that are commonly used to divide the U.S.? 3. What are some northeastern cities that serve as harbors? 4. What do natural resources provide? 5. What is the earth’s most recyclable resource? 5. What is the earth’s most recyclable resource? 6. What are some renewable resources? Physical features, political boundaries, population, vegetation, weather Northeast, South, Midwest, and West NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore Food and fuel water Apples, maple trees, wind, solar

Northeast U.S. Video Guide 7. What are some nonrenewable resources? 8. What is a city? 9. What is a bay? 10. What makes Philadelphia historically important? 11. What is the largest city in the U.S.? How many boroughs are there? Coal, oil, and natural gas Large areas where people live and work U.S. Capital, Constitution and Declaration of Independence was signed Part of the ocean that extends into the land New York City, 5

South U.S. Video Guide 1. What are some physical features of the South Region? 2. What makes Washington D.C. different from other cities in the United States? 2. What makes Washington D.C. different from other cities in the United States? 3. Why is the coastal region in the South good for farming? 4. Why has the Mississippi River fascinated so many people? 5. What rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River? 5. What rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River? Sandy beaches, marshes, coastal plains, mountains Only city not in a state, nation’s capital Rich soil, warm weather, plenty of rainfall Longest river, history, folklore, industry, commerce Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio

South U.S. Video Guide 6. What is a delta? 7. What city can be found at the mouth of the Mississippi delta and why is it unique? 8. What is hurricane? 9. What makes up a large part of the U.S. South Coast line? 10. What do estuaries provide? Area formed by soil deposits at the mouth of the river Food, shelter, nutrients, and variety of animal species Large powerful wind storms that form over an ocean New Orleans, much of it lies below sea level Marshes and swamps

Midwest U.S. Video Guide 1. What is the nickname given to the U.S. Midwest region? 2. What did the cities of the Midwest once serve as? Today? 3. What city is known as the “Windy City”? 3. What city is known as the “Windy City”? 4. How were the Great Lakes formed? 5. What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean? 6. Describe what the landscape of the prairies is like? America’s Heartland Farming communities; hub of transportation, industry, arts, trade 2 million years ago formed by glaciers Flat, rolling hills with tall grasses St. Lawrence River Chicago

Midwest U.S. Video Guide 7. What kind of animals live on the prairies? 8. Why is fire essential to the prairies (grasslands) 9. What are the 3 agricultural centers of the Midwest? 10. What kind of products are grown in these areas of the Midwest? 11. What do you think would be difficult about living on a working ranch? It keeps the grasses from overgrowing Hard work but also rewarding Lake States, Plains States, and Corn Belt Milk and cheese; wheat; corn and soybeans Buffalo, rattlesnakes, spiders, coyotes, deer

West U.S. Video Guide 1. Identify some interesting physical features of the West? 2. What 3 layers is the earth made up of? 3. What is the Continental Divide? 3. What is the Continental Divide? 4. What is a geyser? 5. Which western state has forests, mountains, deserts, and hosts the 2 nd largest city? 5. Which western state has forests, mountains, deserts, and hosts the 2 nd largest city? Rocky Mountains, Death Valley, Grand Canyon An invisible line in a mountainous area where rivers flow in separate directions Spring that shoots out hot water through the crack of the earth’s crust California (Los Angeles) Core, crust, and mantle

West U.S. Video Guide 6. Identify the 1 st National Park? What states is it located? 6. Identify the 1 st National Park? What states is it located? 7. What states make up the four corners? 8. What do the layers of color tell about the Grand Canyon? 9. What is a fault? What is the most famous one in California? 10. How do scientists measure an earthquake? Age (timeline) of the canyon A crack in the earth’s crust, San Andreas Fault Richter Scale Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico Yellowstone National Park (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming)

West U.S. Video Guide 11. What event took place that encouraged people to migrate to California? 12. What natural resources historically have drawn people to Alaska? Gold, oil, timber, and fish Gold Rush