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Top 10 Cities in the United States

On the map (back), complete the following:

- Color the water and trace the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. - Draw a circle in a particular color for each city on the list for each decade. If a city is in more than one decade, place a second circle around the first, creating a “bulls-eye” effect.

*Pick one color for each decade (column) listed below. Each city in that decade should have the same color and size circle. As you get closer to 2015, the circles should be bigger and a different color. For a city like New York that is on the list more than once, you will have many circles.

- Be sure to create a legend saying which decade corresponds to which color.

- Label the cities listed in the 2015 column.

Color  Rank 1860 1900 1960 1990 2015 1 New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY 2 Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA 3 Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL Chicago, IL 4 Boston, MA St. Louis, MO Philadelphia, PA Houston, TX Houston, TX 5 New Orleans, LA Boston, MA Detroit, MI Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA 6 Cincinnati, OH Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD San Diego, CA Phoenix, AZ 7 St. Louis, MO Cleveland, OH Houston, TX Detroit, MI San Antonio, TX 8 Chicago, IL Buffalo, NY Cleveland, OH Dallas, TX San Diego, CA 9 Buffalo, NY San Francisco, CA Washington D.C. San Antonio, TX Dallas, TX 10 Louisville, KY Cincinnati, OH St. Louis, MO Phoenix, AZ San Jose, CA Name ______