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NAMES: DATE: Geography Quest! Adapted from Geography Amazing Race, created by Mr. Chris Atkinson Standard 3 Geography Students will describe the Earth/sun relationship and use global grid systems. They will identify regions; describe physical and cultural characteristics; and locate states, capitals and major physical features of the United States. They will also explain the changing interaction of people with their environment in regions of the United States and show how the United States is related geographically to the rest of the world. The World in Spatial Terms 5.3.1 Demonstrate that lines of latitude and longitude are measured in degrees of a circle, that places can be precisely located where these lines intersect, and that location can be stated in terms of degrees north or south of the equator and east or west of the prime meridian. NOTE: To go to the blue, underlined links in this document, hold down the Ctrl key with one hand and left-click the mouse with the other. 1. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swKBi6hHHMA 2. Find the latitude and longitude of Mohawk Trails Elementary School, Carmel, Indiana in Google Earth. (In the toolbar, click View. Check the box next to the word Grid to see lines of latitude and longitude.) Answer: 5.3.2 Identify regions of the United States and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using maps, globes and photographs to locate and describe these regions. 2. Name one state from each region of the United States. Region State Places and Regions 5.3.3 Name and locate states, regions, major cities and capitals, major rivers and mountain ranges in the United States. 1. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUDDaEOvuY 2. What are five states and capitals from the video? State Capital 5.3.4 Locate Native American Indian and colonial settlements on maps and suggest reasons for the locations of these places. (Individuals, Society and Culture) Example: Near bodies of water, on lowlands, along a transportation route and near natural resources or sources of power 1. Study the map of some of the colonial trade routes: 2. Why do you think Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston were the four of the largest cities in the colonies? (Please write in complete sentences.) Why were these cities important to the trade system? (Please write in complete sentences.) Physical Systems 5.3.5 Locate the continental divide and the major drainage basins in the United States. 1. Read about the continental divide: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/mld/condivl.html 2. In your own words describe the continental divide: (Please write in complete sentences.) 3. Read about the major drainage basins in N.A: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/geology/a_continentalDiv.html#one 4. Look at the map of the Mississippi Drainage Basin: (Click the map to enlarge.) http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/bro/misstrib.htm 5. Is Indiana included in the Drainage Basin? What does this mean? (Please write in complete sentences.) 5.3.6 Map and describe the characteristics of climate regions of the United States. 1. In which climatic region do we live? 2. Name a state in each climatic region: Climate: State: Cool Temperate Hot, Arid (Dry) Hot (Humid)