Maps Of the United States

Physical Map of the United States Physical Map of the United States Label each of the important physical features of the United States listed below on the map below.OceansPacific OceanAtlantic OceanGulf of Mexico RiversMississippi R.Missouri R.MountainsAppalachian Mts.Rocky Mts. Pacific Atlantic Chesapeake Bay Gulf of Mexico Appalachian Mountains Rocky Mountains Mississippi R Misouri R Rio Grande R Lake Superio Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Erie Lake Ontario St. Lawrence R Political Map of the United States Political United States Label each state in the United States Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia Virginia Ohio Michigan Indiana North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Texas Wisconsin Illinois Minesota Iowa Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Montana Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah Idaho Washington Oregon Nevada California Alaska Hawaii Delaware US Regions map US Regions Information The Northeast regionof the United States... bounded by Canada on its north, the Atlantic ocean toward its east, Southern United-States on its south and the Midwestern United States on its west. The northeast region is the most economically developed and densely populated region of United States. The urban (cities) area of northeast region contains 85% of total region's population and considered the second most urbanized region in United States. The census bureau has divided the Northeast map into nine states, which are Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.The region contributes 23% of U.S gross domestic product and has the largest number of nuclear reactors in the United States for producing electricity. New York City is also situated in the northeast region and is considered a financial hub or global financial center.The Northeast region mostly contains mountain ranges and forests. The forests of the Northeast region has 500,000 acres encompassing by seventy-two wildlife refugees, and contains more than 92 different species. The forest covers 60% of the northeast which is almost twice the national average and having 12% of crop land and 4% grassland pasture.The region has a cold snowy climate in winters and large amount of rain throughout the rest of the year due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. New York City is regarded as the most populous city in the whole United States with more than 8 million people living there, it is also the largest city in United States having large number of very tall skyscrapers. The statue of liberty is also situated in New York and it is considered the United States most well-known symbol of freedom.Pennsylvania has two big cities Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the 5th most populated city in the United States and 2nd most populated city in northeast region having a population of 3 million. Philadelphia is the home of the Liberty Bell. The Liberty Bell was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens of public meetings and proclamations in the early years. It is now a symbol of American independence. Pennsylvania also has the worlds largest candy factory, Hershey’s factory.Washington, D.C. is located right on the edge of Maryland and Virginia. Washington D.C is named after the first president of the United States, George Washington and it is the capital of the United States where the president of America lives in the White House. Which of the following states is NOT part of the Northeast region of the United States? Maine Rhode Island Virginia New York Which city in the region is considered the most populous (the most people live there) in the United States? Pittsburg New York City Philadelphia Washington D.C. The climate in this region is best described as: Cold and snowy in the winters with lots of rain. Hot and dry all year round. Cold and snowy all year round with lots of rain. Hot and dry in the summers but cold and snowy in the winters. In which city in this region would you find the White House? Pittsburg New York City Philladelphia Washington D.C. The Southern Region The Southern United States, also known as the American South or simply the South, is located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Western United States, with the Midwestern United States and Northeastern United States to its north and the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to its south.Usually, the South is defined as including thesoutheasternand south-central United States. The region is known for its culture and history, having developed its own customs, musical styles, andcuisines, which have distinguished it in some ways from the rest of the United States. The Southern ethnic heritage is diverse and includes strongEuropean(mostly English,Italian,Scottish, Scotch-Irish,Irish,German,French, Portuguese and Spanish American),Africanand someNative Americancomponents.Some other aspects of the historical and cultural development of the South have been influenced by the institution of slave labor on plantations in the Deep South to an extent seen nowhere else in the United States; the presence of a large proportion of African Americans in the population; support for the doctrine of states' rights, and the legacy of racism magnified by the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, as seen in thousands of lynchings (mostly from 1880 to 1930), the segregated system of separate schools and public facilities known as "Jim Crow laws", that lasted until the 1960s, and the widespread use of poll taxes and other methods to frequently deny black people of the right to vote or hold office until the 1960s. Since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, black people have held many offices in Southern states, especially in the coastal states of Virginia and South Carolina. Black people have also been elected or appointed as mayors and police chiefs in the metropolises of Baltimore, Charlotte, Raleigh, Birmingham, Richmond, Columbia, Memphis, Houston, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Jackson, and New Orleans, and serve in both the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. Scholars have characterized pockets of the Southern United States as being "authoritarian enclaves" from Reconstruction until the Civil Rights Act.Historically, the South relied heavily on agriculture, and was highly rural until after 1945. It has since become more industrialized and urban and has attracted national and international migrants. The American South is now among the fastest-growing areas in the United States. Houston is the largest city in the Southern United States. Sociological research indicates that Southern collective identity stems from political, demographic, and cultural distinctiveness from the rest of the United States. The region contains almost all of the Bible Belt, an area of high Protestant church attendance (especially evangelical churches such as the Southern Baptist Convention) and predominantly conservative, religion-influenced politics. Apart from its climate, the living experience in the South increasingly resembles the rest of the nation. Which of the following is the largest city in the south? Houston Baton Rouge Mobile Atlanta The Southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest, Desert Southwest, or simply The Southwest, is the informal name for a region of the western United States. Definitions of the region's boundaries vary a great deal and have never been standardized, though many boundaries have been proposed. For example, one definition includes the stretch from the Mojave Desert in California to Carlsbad, New Mexico, and from the Mexico–United States border to the southern areas of Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. The largest metropolitan areas are centered around Phoenix (with an estimated population of more than 4.7 million as of 2017), Las Vegas (more than 2.2 million), Tucson (more than 1 million), Albuquerque (more than 900,000), and El Paso (more than 840,000). Those five metropolitan areas have an estimated total population of more than 9.6 million as of 2017, with nearly 60 percent of them living in the two Arizona cities—Phoenix and Tucson.Most of the area was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Spanish Empire before becoming part of Mexico. European settlement was almost non-existent outside New Mexico in 1848, when it became part of the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, while southern areas of Arizona and southwestern New Mexico were added in the later Gadsden Purchase.The geography of the region is mainly made up by four features: the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, and the Colorado Plateau; although there are other geographical features as well, such as a portion of the Great Basin Desert. The deserts dominate the southern and western reaches of the area, while the plateau (which is largely made up of high desert) is the main feature north of the Mogollon Rim. The two major rivers of the region are the Colorado River, running in the northern and western areas, and the Rio Grande, running in the east, north to south.The southwestern United States features a semi-arid to arid climate, depending on the location. Much of the Southwest is an arid desert climate, but higher elevations in the mountains in each state, with the exception of West Texas, feature alpine climates with very large amounts of snow.The southwestern United States contains many well-known national parks including Grand Canyon in Arizona, Death Valley in California, Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, Arches in Utah, Big Bend in Texas, Great Basin in Nevada, and White Sands in New Mexico.The area also contains many of the nation's largest cities and metropolitan areas, despite relatively low population density in rural areas. Phoenix is the fifth most populous city in the country, and Albuquerque and Las Vegas were some of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Also, the region as a whole has witnessed some of the highest population growth in the United States, and according to the US Census Bureau, in 2008–2009, Utah was the fastest growing state in America. As of the 2010 Census, Nevada was the fastest growing state in the United States, with an increase of 35.1% in the last ten years. Additionally, Arizona (24.6%), Utah (23.8%), Texas (20.6%), and Colorado (16.9%) were all in the top ten fastest growing states as well. True or False, the Southwest has clearly defined boundaries that can easily be marked on a map. True False Which of the following cities has the highest population in the region? Phoenix Las Vegas Tucson Albuquirque El Paso Which of the following best describes the geography of the region? Flat lands and Oceans Mountains and Plains Deserts and Plateaus Mountains and Deserts Which of the following are the names of the two major rivers that run through the region? Green River Colorado River San Rafael River Rio Grande River In which state in this region will you find the Grand Canyon National Park? California Colorado Texas Arizona The Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) is a name for the north-central states of the United States of America. The states that are part of the Midwest are: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.The vast central area of the U.S., into Canada, is a landscape of low, flat to rolling terrain in the Interior Plains. Most of its eastern two-thirds form the Interior Lowlands. The Lowlands gradually rise westward, from a line passing through eastern Kansas, up to 5,000+ feet in the unit known as the Great Plains). Much of the Plains are now converted land use-wise to farming.This area of the US is marked by some of the major points in the countries history including that of some of the earliest groups of prehistoric tribes such as the Mound Builders and the Mississippians. It later became home to the Plains indians who have become the iconic image of the American Indian.Two waterways have been important to the development of the Midwest. The first and foremost was the Ohio River, which flowed into the Mississippi River. The second waterway is the network of routes within the Great Lakes. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 completed an all-water shipping route, more direct than the Mississippi, to New York and the seaport of New York City. In 1848, The Illinois and Michigan Canal breached the continental divide spanning the Chicago Portage and linking the waters of the Great Lakes with those of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico.In the 1870s and 1880s, the Mississippi River inspired two classic books – Life on the Mississippi and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – written by native Missourian Samuel Clemens, who used the pseudonym Mark Twain. His stories became staples of Midwestern lore.During the mid-19th century the region got its first railroads, and the railroad junction in Chicago grew to be the world's largest. Even today, a century after Henry Ford, six Class I railroads meet in Chicago. In the period from 1890 to 1930 many Midwestern cities, towns, villages, and even farms were connected by interurbans, or electrical streetcars. The Midwest had more interurbans than any other region. Henry Ford and Charles Kettering, the inventor of the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline, were both products of the Midwest, as were the Wright Brothers.The Midwest, particularly Ohio, provided the primary routes for the "Underground Railroad", whereby Midwesterners assisted slaves to freedom from their crossing of the Ohio River through their departure on Lake Erie to Canada.Agriculture is one of the biggest drivers of local economies in the Midwest, accounting for billions of dollars worth of exports and thousands of jobs. The area consists of some of the richest farming land in the world. The region's fertile soil combined with the steel plow has made it possible for farmers to produce abundant harvests of grain and cereal crops, including corn, wheat, soybeans, oats, and barley, to become known today as the nation's "breadbasket".Midwesterners are sometimes viewed as open, friendly, and straightforward, or sometimes stereotyped as stubborn and uncultured. Midwest values were shaped by religious beliefs and the agricultural values from the people who settled in the area. Which of the following in NOT a state in the Midwest region of the United States? Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Arkansas Wisconsin Colorado What is the midwest known for today? Mining Farming Industrial Plants Famous Inventors What famous author wrote two novels about this region? JK Rowling Louisa May Alcott Mark Twain Stephen King Which of the following did NOT play a large role in the midwest's development and history? Railroads The Underground Railroad Submarines Henry Ford's Automobile What is the nickname given to this region due to its abundant crops? Farmalnd Central Breadbasket Backwater Woods Croplands Western United States Region TheWestern United States, commonly referred to as theAmerican West, theFar West, or simplythe West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmoststatesof theUnited States. Because European settlement in the U.S.expanded westwardafter its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time. Prior to about 1800, the crest of theAppalachian Mountainswas seen as thewestern frontier.Since then, the frontier generally moved westward and eventually lands west of the Mississippi River came to be referred to as the West. Though no consensus exists, even among experts, for the definition of the West as a region, the U.S. Census Bureau's definition of the 13 westernmost states includes the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin to the West Coast, and the outlying states of Hawaii and Alaska.The Western U.S. is the largest region of the country, covering more than half the land area of the United States. It is also the most geographically diverse, incorporating geographic regions such as the, the temperate rainforests of the Northwest, the highest mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada, the Great Plains, and all of the desert areas located in the United States (the Mojave, Sonoran, Great Basin, and Chihuahua deserts).The West also contains much of the Native American population in the U.S., particularly in the large reservations in the Mountain and Desert States. The Western United States has been populated by Native Americans since at least 11,000 BC, when the first Paleo-Indians arrived. Pre-Columbian trade routes to kingdoms and empires such as the Mound Builders existed in places such as Yellowstone National Park since around 1000 AD. Major settlement of the western territories developed rapidly in the 1840s, largely through the Oregon Trail and the California Gold Rush of 1849. California experienced such a rapid growth in a few short months that it was admitted to statehood in 1850 without the normal transitory phase of becoming an official territory.Because the tide of development had not yet reached most of the West when conservation became a national issue, agencies of the federal government own and manage vast areas of land.National parks are reserved for recreational activities such as fishing, camping, hiking, and boating, but other government lands also allow commercial activities like ranching, logging, and mining. In recent years, some local residents who earn their livelihoods on federal land have come into conflict with the land's managers, who are required to keep land use within environmentally acceptable limits.The largest city in the region is Los Angeles, located on the West Coast. Other West Coast cities include San Diego, San Bernardino, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland. Prominent cities in the Mountain States include Denver, Colorado Springs, Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Boise, El Paso, and Cheyenne. What ethnic group live mostly in the western United States? Native Americans Hispanic Caucasians Asians Which of the following is the largest city in the west? Seattle Portland Los Angeles Salt Lake City