Regions
The number of regions that the United States is divided into according to our textbook.
What is 5?
The number of states the United States has.
What is 50?
This country shares a border with the US along the north.
What is Canada?
Each state has a ___________ city, that is where the state's government is located.
What is capital?
One way that people modify their environment to meet their needs.
What is: build roads; clear trees for houses and buildings; plow land to farm; dig ponds
An area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas is called a __________.
What is a region?
This is our nation's capital.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This country shares a southern border with the US.
What is Mexico?
This is the leader of a city government.
What is a mayor (or city manager)?
This type of region shows where Native American tribes are located.
What is Cultural?
Name 2 features that could define a physical region.
What are: landforms, bodies of water, climates, plants, wildlife?
These are the 3 levels of government.
What are federal, state, and local?
This country has a very cold climate and is describes as a tundra.
What is Greenland?
Nearly every state is divided into ____________.
What are counties?
This type of region shows how citizens earn a living.
What is Economic?
These are the 5 regions that the textbook uses to divide up the United States.
What are Northeast, Southeast, West, Midwest, and Southwest?
This is a service that state governments provide.
What is: build & maintain state highways; state colleges; public schools; help people with food or housing?
Two ways that Mexico and the United States are similar.
What is they both are divided into states and their capital city is a federal district?
This is another word for city.
What is municipal?
This type of region shows the county borders within a state.
What is Political?
These are the 4 main types of regions used to describe areas around the world.
What are Political, Physical, Economic, and Cultural?
This is a territory of the United States that governs itself.
What is a commonwealth?
These are two commonwealths of the United States that are located in the Caribbean.
What are Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands?
This is one reason that the government collect taxes.
What is to pay for services that it provides for the people?