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Geography Unit Essential Understanding: The United States has access to numerous and varied bodies of water. Bodies of water support interaction among regions, form borders, and create links to other areas. - Major Bodies of Water | SOL USI. 2c Major bodies of water Oceans: _________________and ___________________ Rivers________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Lakes: ________________________________ Gulf: _________________________________________ Trade, transportation, and settlement The location of the United States, with its ___________________ and _______________________ coasts, has provided access to other areas of the world. The _________________ served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants. The _________________________ River was the gateway to the west. __________________ port cities grew along the _________________________. The ___________________ and _______________ Rivers were used to transport farm and industrial products. They were links to ports and other parts of the world. The _______________________ River was explored by Lewis and Clark. The ________________________ River was explored by the ____________________. The ________________________ forms the border with _________________. The ___________________ Ocean was an early exploration _______________________. The __________________ provided the _____________ and ____________ with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of the world. The _____________________ River forms part of the northeastern border with ________________ and connects the Great Lakes to the _______________________ Ocean. Essential Understanding: Regions have distinctive characteristics. - 8 Regions of the United States | SOL USI. 2b 1. _____________________________________ - Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico - Broad lowland providing many excellent ___________________________. 2. ___________________________ - Located west of the Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to Western Alabama; includes the Piedmont. - _________________, eroded _________________ (oldest mountain range in North America) 3. __________________________ - Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a ______________________ shape - Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by _____________________ 4. __________________________ -Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains -Rolling flatlands with many ____________________________, valleys, and grassy hills. 5. _________________________________ - Located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains - ___________________________ land that gradually increases in elevation westward; ________________________ 6. ______________________________________ - Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range - ____________________________ mountains stretching from ____________ to ___________ - Contains the ______________________ which determines the directional flow of rivers 7. ________________________________ - Located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Coastal Plain - Varying elevations containing __________________________ mountains ranges and _______________________________________________ the lowest point in North America. 8. _________________________________ -Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast with _____________________ valleys.