United States Geography
This ocean borders the eastern United States and helped connect the American colonies with Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
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I’m a large peninsula in the Southeast, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. What state am I?
What is Florida?
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island make up this region.
What is New England Region?
A history book written decades after an event would most likely be this type of source.
What is a secondary source?
I’m the smallest state in the United States and sit along the Atlantic coast of New England. What state am I?
What is Rhode Island?
This major river runs north to south and connects the interior United States with the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and textbooks are examples of this type of source.
What is a tertiary source?
I’m on the West Coast, with Oregon directly to my north and the Pacific Ocean to my west. What state am I?
What is California?
This hot, dry region includes Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona.
What is the Southwest Region?
Historians use this skill when they ask, "Who created this source and why was it created?"
What is sourcing?
I sit directly west of New Jersey and directly south of New York. What state am I?
What is Pennsylvania?
This group of five bodies of water became an important transportation and trade route and helped support industrial growth.
What are the Great Lakes?
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I’m in the Northeast. I border Canada and the Atlantic Ocean, and no U.S. state is located north of me. What state am I?
What is Maine?
California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii are all included in this region.
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I’m a southeastern state with the Atlantic Ocean on my east and North Carolina directly to my north. What state am I?
What is South Carolina?
This eastern mountain range historically created a natural barrier to westward settlement.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Checking who runs a website before trusting its information is an example of this historical thinking skill.
What is lateral reading?
I’m a New England state that borders New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, but I never reach the Atlantic Ocean. What state am I?
What is Vermont?
This densely populated region includes New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland and is known for major cities, ports, trade, and industry.
What is the Mid-Atlantic Region?
A historian reads two firsthand accounts of the same battle, but the accounts disagree about what happened. The historian compares the accounts with other evidence to determine which claims are best supported.
I’m located directly north of Louisiana and directly south of Missouri. The Mississippi River forms much of my eastern border. What state am I?
What is Arkansas?
This river flows from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico and forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande River?
This type of source is created during the time period being studied or by someone who directly experienced the event.
What is a primary source?
I’m located directly south of New York and east of Pennsylvania, with the Atlantic Ocean along my coast. What state am I?
What is New Jersey?
A student travels from Minnesota to Iowa, then Missouri, and finally Kansas. According to the regional system used in your notes, the student never leaves this region.
What is the Midwest Region?
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I border Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Minnesota, and Illinois. What state am I?
What is Wisconsin?
Settlers traveling west encountered this mountain range primarily in California and Nevada, an area that also became important during the Gold Rush.
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
This historical thinking skill requires placing a source within its historical setting and considering what was happening at the time.
What is contextualization?
I’m a long state stretching east to west. Kentucky is directly to my north, while Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia are to my south. What state am I?
What is Tennessee?
A traveler starts in Virginia, drives south through North Carolina and South Carolina, and ends the trip in Georgia. What region did the traveler remain in for the entire trip?
What is the Southeast Region?
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I’m in the Southwest. Texas is to my east, Mexico is to the south, Arizona is to my west, and Colorado is directly north of me. What state am I?
What is New Mexico?
This river was important to New York's growth and trade and was eventually connected to the Great Lakes by the Erie Canal.
What is the Hudson River?
A historian discovers a memoir describing an event that occurred 50 years before the memoir was written. Before trusting the account, she considers how the amount of time between the event and the writing might affect its reliability.
What is sourcing?
I’m located near the center of the country. South Dakota is directly north of me, Kansas is directly south, and Colorado and Wyoming meet me to the west. What state am I?
What is Nebraska?
A backpacker is planning a summer trip through the western United States. He begins in Montana, travels south through Wyoming and Colorado, and then heads west to finish his trip in Utah. What region does he remain in for his entire journey?
What is the Rocky Mountains Region?
Historians evaluate an author's perspective, possible bias, and closeness to an event when determining this.
What is reliability?
I border Canada to the north, Idaho to the west, Wyoming to the south, and both North and South Dakota to the east. What state am I?
What is Montana?
This physical region's relatively flat, fertile grasslands encouraged both farming and ranching and attracted settlers during westward expansion.
What are the Great Plains?
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I’m completely surrounded by other states. Pennsylvania and Maryland are to my north, Virginia is to my east and south, and both Ohio and Kentucky border me to the west. What state am I?
What is West Virginia?
A traveler begins her journey in Massachusetts, drives through New York, continues west through Ohio, heads southwest into Texas, then travels through New Mexico and Arizona before ending in California. In order, what regions did the traveler travel through?
What is New England → Mid-Atlantic → Midwest → Southwest → Pacific Regions?
Two eyewitnesses describe the same event differently because they may have different...
What is point of view? What are perspectives?
I’m landlocked in the West. Nevada is to my west, Colorado is to my east, Idaho and Wyoming are to my north, and Arizona touches me at one corner. What state am I?
What is Utah?