Lesson 1
What is an area with at least one feature that makes it different from the rest?
region
What type of region is this:
(political, economic , physical, cultural)
All the people who live in a town or city follow the same local laws and have the same city leaders.
political
1. Using the map on p. 77 of your textbook, what is most of the land in Nevada used for?
2. Use the same map to locate the resources found in Nevada.
1. grazing
2. gold & silver
What service might the Federal Government provide?
postal service
What countries share the world's longest unprotected border?
Canada & the United States
Regions may be different, large or small, coastal or desert, but they _________ on each other.
depend
What type of region is this:
(political, economic , physical, cultural)
Many people who live in Texas, Lousiana, and Oklahoma make a living by drilling oil.
economic
1. On the map on p. 77 what is land used for in Maine?
2. On the map on p. 77 what resources are found in Maine?
1. forestry & farming
2. fishing
What service would the state government provide?
*care for roads
*fund public schools &
colleges
*give assistance to the poor
What political regions is Mexico divided into?
states
Here's an example of interdependence:
People in an urban region depend on a rural region for ______.
food
True or False:
A place can be part of a more than one region; political, economic, physical, or cultural, at the same time.
True
Name the five regions in the United States.
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
West
Southwest
What service might the local government (county & city) provide?
*police & fire protection
*oversee libraries & public schools
*repair & build roads
Puerto Rico is an example of a territory of the United States that governs itself. So it is an example of a ____________.
commonwealth
What type of region is this:
(political, economic , physical, cultural)
A forest ranger might divide the United States into regions based on the type of trees grown there.
physical
Regions change and develop over time. The United States has changed (politically, economically , physically, culturally) __________ by starting with 13 states and now we are made up of 50 states.
politically
Our nation's capital is part of a federal district. What is our nation's capital?
Washington, D.C.
Which kind of government can make treaties with other countries?
federal government
Into what political regions is Canada divided into?
10 provinces
3 territories
What type of region is this:
(political, economic , physical, cultural)
China Town, in San Francisco, is a region with people of a shared way of life.
cultural
Give an example of a way people make connections between regions.
1. We make connections using air, highways, & rail to travel all over the world.
2. Technology helps us use knowledge and tools to make or do something.
3. Communication helps us send and receive information.
We studied 4 levels of government. Name them.
(the book listed 3 levels of govt.)
Federal
State
County
City
(Local=county & city)
What features are used to define a physical region?.
natural vegetation
*forest
*desert
No exact borders
1. Name the country that is NE of Canada: ________
2. Name the country that is south of Mexico: _________
1. Greenland
2. Central America