World Geography Unit 2 Map Booklet Unit 2 Checklist

World Geography Name:______Score: Unit 2 Map Booklet ______Unit 2 Checklist Date Due:______

I. Countries and Cities Countries: Cities: Los Angeles, California St. Louis, Missouri United States Atlanta, Georgia Miami, Florida San Francisco, California Canada Boston, Massachusetts Minneapolis, Minnesota Seattle, Washington Calgary, Alberta Montreal, Quebec Toronto, Ontario Chicago, Illinois New York, New York Vancouver, British Columbia Dallas, Texas Ottawa, Ontario Washington, D.C. Denver, Colorado Phoenix, Arizona Honolulu, Hawaii Quebec, Quebec II. Physical Features Landforms: Bodies of Water: Lake Erie Mississippi River Appalachian Mountains Arctic Ocean Lake Huron Missouri River Canadian Shield Atlantic Ocean Lake Michigan Ohio River Great Plains Colorado River Lake Superior Pacific Ocean Rocky Mountains Great Salt Lake Lake Ontario Rio Grande Sierra Nevada Hudson Bay Mackenzie River St. Lawrence River Yukon River III. States Alabama Indiana Nebraska South Carolina Alaska Iowa Nevada South Dakota Arizona Kansas New Hampshire Tennessee Arkansas Kentucky New Jersey Texas California Louisiana New Mexico Utah Colorado Maine New York Vermont Connecticut Maryland North Carolina Virginia Delaware Massachusetts North Dakota Washington Florida Michigan Ohio West Virginia Georgia Minnesota Oklahoma Wisconsin Hawaii Mississippi Oregon Wyoming Idaho Missouri Pennsylvania Illinois Montana Rhode Island IV. Provinces and Territories Alberta Newfoundland Nunavut Quebec British Columbia Northwest Territories Ontario Saskatchewan Manitoba Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Yukon New Brunswick World Geography Name:______Score: Unit 2 Map Booklet ______Political - Large Date Due:______

Countries: United States Canada World Geography Name:______Score: Unit 2 Map Booklet ______Physical – North America Date Due:______

Landforms: Bodies of Water: Lake Erie Mississippi River Appalachian Mountains Arctic Ocean Lake Huron Missouri River Canadian Shield Atlantic Ocean Lake Michigan Ohio River Great Plains Colorado River Lake Superior Pacific Ocean Rocky Mountains Great Salt Lake Lake Ontario Rio Grande Sierra Nevada Hudson Bay Mackenzie River St. Lawrence River Yukon River World Geography Name:______Score: Unit 2 Map Booklet ______Regional Atlas Date Due:______

Location Turn to the maps in your text.

1. Name the very large bay directly north of the Great Lakes.

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2. Name the large river that flows northeast from the Great Lakes.

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3. Name the long river that flows from Canada into the Bering Sea.

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Place: Turn to the maps in the The Nystrom Desk Atlas, and find the major mountain ranges of the United States and Canada.

4. Which is the more mountainous part of the two countries: the east or the west?

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5. Do the major mountain ranges in the United States and Canada extend from east to west or from north to south? ______

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6. Study the maps in your textbook. How do sub arctic and tundra climates affect land use patterns?

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7. What percentage of Canada’s forestry products are exported to the United States?

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8. Most of Canada’s forestry exports are used to manufacture what single product?

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9. Grasslands are native to both Canada and the United States. Find the grasslands on the ecosystems map in your textbook. Use directions to describe where the grasslands are located in both countries.

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1. What extends farther south: Florida or Texas?

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2. Which extends farther north: Maine or Minnesota?

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Place: Turn to the physical map of the textbook.

3. Name the low plain that extends along the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida.

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4. Name the high plains that extend from north to south, east of the Rocky Mountains.

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5. On the map at the top of page 78 in the Nystrom atlas, find the oil deposits in coastal waters. Then, find the same locations on the map in your textbook textbook. Which four states seem to have the greatest risk of coastal damage from oil spills?

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Movement Examine the air and rail transportation map of the Nystrom atlas.

6. Find St. Louis on the map, and notice how it is connected by rail to other cities. Follow Amtrak westward from St. Louis. What is the name of the next city?

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7. As you follow Amtrak westward from St. Louis, what is the second city you come to?

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8. Name four cities that have more than 25 million airline passengers a year.

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9. Look at the political map in your textbook. Name the region that is smallest in area.

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World Geography Name:______Score: Unit 2 Map Booklet ______United States – Major Cities Date Due:______St. Louis, MissouriPhoenix, ArizonaNew York, New YorkWashington, D.C.Seattle, WashingtonSan Francisco, California Chicago, IllinoisBoston, MassachusettsAtlanta, GeorgiaHonolulu, HawaiiDenver, ColoradoDallas, TexasMinneapolis, MinnesotaMiami, FloridaLos Angeles, California World Geography Name:______Score: Unit 2 Map Booklet ______Regions of the United States Date Due:______

Location: Turn to the political map of the United States on pages 54-55 of The Nystrom Desk Atlas.

1. The contiguous Unites States lies north of which line of latitude?

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2. Which state is located south of this line of latitude?

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3. Which country is located only a few miles west of Alaska?

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Place: Look at the cross section of the United States on pages 75-75 in the Nystrom atlas.

4. What rivers flow through the Central Lowland?

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5. Through which mountain range does the Rio Grande flow?

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Human Environment Interaction: Examine the pictographs on page 80 of the Nystrom atlas.

6. What percentage of the population of the United States were farmers in 1950? In 1990?

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7. What happened to the size of farms in the United States from 1950 to 1990?

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8. Look at the map of the South in the textbook. If a poultry farmer near Little Rock, Arkansas, wants to transport some chickens to a packing house in Nashville, Tennessee, what river route should he take?

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Regions 9. Look at the maps in the textbook. Name the nine states that comprise the Northeast.

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10. Turn to the maps in the textbook. What 12 states make up the Midwest?

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5. What indigenous people live in Canada’s most populous region?

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6. Study the physical map in the textbook. Name two provinces where you could expect to find good skiing conditions. Explain your choices.

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Movement: Study the map and diagram of the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Waterway in the Textbook.

7. With the Great Lakes at different levels, how are ships able to get from Thunder Bay on Lake Superior to Montreal on the St. Lawrence River?

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8. How do ships get from Lake Erie to the Hudson River in New York?

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Regions 9. Name the four Canadian Provinces that border the Atlantic Ocean.

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10. Which Atlantic province borders the state of Maine?

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