unit 12 central united states thuy b

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Unit 12

Central United States


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Review of Unit 11 - Eastern UnitedStates

Task 1:

Give the names of states in the Eastern US using given letters.1. C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. _ _ _ _ _ _K

2. _ _ _ _ _ _T 7. M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _

3. M _ _ _ _ 8. N _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ __ _

4. _ _ _ _ _ _A 9. _ _ _ _ _ _A

5. G _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. T _ _ _ _


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Task 2: Put the following words or phrases into the table

AtlanticC

oast

Atlantic Northeast

Megalopolis

Southeastern Coast

The Appalachian Mountains

a. huge and unbroken area;b. limited resources;c. bare rock and thin soil; d.

highly urbanized;e. dynamic;

f. first region to besettled by immigrants,g. nearness of the

ocean provides portsfor shipping,

h. sparsely populatei. slow-growingforests;

k. extensive forests.


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Lead in- Find the names of the states

1. This state's nickname is "Land of 10,000 lakes2. Where the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States, is3. The state which produces most cereal in the U.S., thus named "The

Cereal Bowl of America4. The location of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)


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5. Where the only active diamond mine in the U.S. is located:6. Its name means "Land of Indians":7. Its name is from an Indian word meaning "flat water":8. Its motto is "United we stand, divided we fall":

9. Its motto is "Labor conquers all things":


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10. Where the typewriter was invented :

11. The birthplace of Mark Twain:

12. The birthplace of Elvis Presley:

13. Its state animal is the white-tailed deer:14. The state flower is the sunflower, and the states nickname is The

Sunflower State:

15. This state is trisected by the Tennessee River:


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Unit 12: Central United States

Interior Plains


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The Central United States may be divided into twosections:

Central Lowlands

Great Plains


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A. Central Lowlands

1.The Northern Forests

2.The Heartland

3.The Inland South

4.Great Lakes5. Mississippi River


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1. The Northern Forests

Position:

To the north of thecentral lowlands, in

the upper Great lakesareas

include much ofnortheastern

Minnesota, northernWisconsin and

Michigan.


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1. The Northern Forests

Features:

vast forests

abundant rivers and

lakeseconomys reliance

on export via

shipping routes ofthe Great Lakes


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2. The Heartland

Position:Midwest

To the southof northernforests

portions of:far eastern South Dakota, Nebraska,

Kansas, northern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and parts of

Tennessee and Kentucky, most of Ohio, lower Michigan

and southern Wisconsin.


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2. The HeartlandFeatures:

mostly level withsome gentlyrolling hills

largest population

with populationdensity varied

most economicoutput

highly productivefarmland

industrial core ofthe continent


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Chicago

Third largest in the US

One of the leadingindustrial, commercial,

transportation, andfinance centers

Have several tallestbuilding in the world:Sears Tower, 110 storieshigh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US-IL-Chicago.pnghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/DowntownChicagoILatNight.jpg


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Downtown Chicago at Night

Distinctive Sears Tower stands above the Chicago skyline

Sear's Tower observation deck

Boats cruise
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3. The Inland SouthPosition:

a transition zonebetween theSoutheastern coast

and the HeartlandPortions of: Texas,Louisiana, Arkansas,Tennessee,

Mississippi, Alabama,Georgia, NorthCarolina, SouthCarolina and Virginia.


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3. The Inland South

Features: rolling plains &

hills covered bygrassland and

mixed forests

agriculture: amajor part of the

regions economy,cotton cultivation

Atlanta(Georgia)


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Atlanta, GeorgiaGrowth in population

marched by rapid economicgrowth

The undisputed business

capital of the Southeast

Houses headquarters of somelargest and best-known

companies (Coca-Cola)

4/5 of the nations largest

business maintain branchoffices in this area

Dr. Martin Luther Kings

home land.


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4. Great Lakes

Only lake Michigan lies entirely within the US

Lake Superior is the largest in GL, lake Ontario is the smallest

5 largefreshwater lakesin central North

American form

the largest

continousfreshwater body

in the world

(hold 20% of the

worlds fresh

water surface).


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Great Lakes - Features

hold 20% of the worldsfreshwater surface.

a natural resource

today about 20% of thepopulation lives alongthe shores of the GreatLakes (17,000km)

Recreational resource(fisheries and beaches)


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Niagara FallsFeatures:

between Lake Erie

and Lake Ontario.

a tourist attraction.

consists of2 separate

waterfalls: American

Falls and Canadian

Falls.

Ranks 1st in thevolume of water that

cascades over its edge

each second (5880

cubic meters/second)


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5.


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Mississippi River

Features:

Mississippi means big water

the largest and most important

river in North America.

a central role in exploration and

economic development

runs through 10 states

nicknames: The Father of Waters,

The Gathering of Waters, The

Mighty Mississippi,etc.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/mrstates/msanswers.shtml


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B. Great Plains


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The Great Plains

Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota,

South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Map_of_Great_Plains.svg


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Great Plains

Features:

stretch from northwestern Canada to Mexico.

fertile soils

productive grain, livestockfarms, extensive petroleum, gas

and coal deposits.

Most of the Great Plains region has a semiarid climate.

much of it is relatively flat.

70% of population lived in scattered urban areas.

Denver, Colorado the largest city of the region


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Denver, Colorado

The City and County of

Denver

The capital and the most

populous city of the state

The largest city in the Great

Plains

24 km east of the foothills of the

Rocky Mountains.Nicknamed the Mile-High City

One mile above sea level.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map_of_USA_CO.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Denver_County_%28colored%29.svg


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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

George

Washington1st

Thomas

Jefferson -3rd

Abraham

Lincoln- 16thTheodore

Roosevelt 26nd
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

located in southwestern South Dakota in theBlack Hills.

the sculpture was carved into the rim of Mount

Rushmore.

costs nearly $1 million to create .

took 14 years to complete.


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