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NORTH
AMERICA
A Review
by
Mack
and
Jonathan
and
Alex
hold
TERMS & NAMES
Sacagawea
The Shoshone Indian
woman who assisted the
historic Lewis and Clark
expedition. Between
1804-1806, while still a
teenager, she guided the
adventurers from the
Northern Great Plains to
the Pacific Ocean and
back.
TERMS & NAMES
Features of Earth’s surface mountains, valleys, and plateaus.
TERMS & NAMES
GLACIER
A thick
sheet of ice
that moves
slowly
across
land.
TERMS & NAMES
A process
where soil
and stone
are worn
away by
wind,
rivers and
rain.
TERMS & NAMES
RIVER SYSTEM A network of major rivers
and their tributaries
TERMS & NAMES
WEATHER
The state of the
atmosphere
near Earth at a
given time and
place.
TERMS & NAMES
PRECIPITATION
Moisture
such as
rain, sleet or
snow that
falls to
Earth.
TERMS & NAMES
CLIMATE
The typical
weather in a
region over a
long period of
time.
TERMS & NAMES
VEGETATION
Trees,
shrubs,
grasses
and
other
plants
TERMS & NAMES
Economy
The way that
business
owners use
resources to
provide the
goods and
services that
people want.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Describe the location of North America.
ARCTIC OCEAN
latitude
83° north
longitude
12° west
longitude
172° east
PACIFIC
OCEAN
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
latitude
GULF
14° north OF MEXICO
REVIEW QUESTIONS
2. What effect did the oceans have on the
settlement of North America?
North America was an isolated continent for many
thousands of years. The earliest settlers came 12,000
to 35,000 years ago but it took the next settlers many
thousands of years to arrive.
35000 bc
12000 bc
1600s
REVIEW QUESTIONS
3a. What regions are best for farming and ranching?
Atlantic Coastal Plain or Central Lowlands or
Intermountain Region
3b. What regions are best for mining?
Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau
3c. What regions are best for lumber?
Appalachian Mountains or Rocky Mountains and
Coastal Ranges
REVIEW QUESTIONS
4. What natural processes have changed the
geography of North America?
Actions of wind, water, ice, and moving slabs of
Earth’s crust.
KEY WORDS: Glaciers and erosion
REVIEW QUESTIONS
5. Why are there different vegetation zones?
The climate and physical geography of each zone
affects the vegetation. It is warmer in the south
and colder in the north. The vegetative zones are:
•Polar and Tundra
•Forests
•Rain Forests
•Grasslands
•Desert
REVIEW QUESTIONS
6. Which vegetation zones permit farming and
ranching?
KEY WORD: Grassland
REVIEW QUESTIONS
7. How do natural resources affect the
economies of the United States and Canada?
Farmlands and Prairies help to grow food.
Forests supply lumber and wood.
Oil Fields and Coalmines help with power.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
8. How have waterways helped people in the
past, and how do they help people today?
PAST: Water routes allowed people to move to areas
with fresh water and more fertile land.
TODAY: Water resources continue to help people
with transportation and shipping needs, they
supply water and power and they offer recreation.
CRITICAL THINKING
Synthesizing
Geographic Features
LEAD TO
Economic Strengths/Benefits
Middle Latitude Climate / Variety
of Vegetation Zones
Productive farmland and agricultural
exports
Artic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico,
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Natural routes for travel/trade to Canada
& the US, easy to defend location, fishing
industry, recreation and tourism
River systems - Mississippi &
Missouri Rivers (US) and the
Mackenzie River (Canada)
Transportation by water for people & goods
within North America, fishing industry,
power source, recreation
Farmlands, prairies, forests, oil
fields, Coal mines
Raw materials, sources of fuel and power,
for transportation, industry and new
technologies
Strong economies and a common
language
Good trade, tourism and regulatory
relations between Canada & the US
hold
CRITICAL THINKING
Drawing Conclusions
ATLANTIC
COASTAL PLAIN
What are the economic
advantages and
disadvantages of this region?
ADVANTAGES:
Rich farmland, Lots of waterways
DISADVANTAGES:
Over-population, Over-used resources
hold
CRITICAL THINKING
Making Inferences
What industries that depend on natural
resources might flourish in the United
States and Canada?
farming
mining
lumber
oil
Why?
farm
LAND
lumber
FORESTS
COAL
mines
oil
FIELDS
Conclusion
As you can see from our
review of Chapter 3: “The
Physical Geography of
the United States and
Canada” has had –
and will continue to have –
great affects on the
development of this area
of the world.
Review Quiz by Jonathan
Assistance with Review Quiz by Alex
Powerpoint Presentation by Mackenzie Originals
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