Geography Quiz

1776

 

13 colonies declare independence: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia

1819

florida purchase

1803

Louisiana Purchase - all land between Mississippi and Rockies not controlled by Spain. Doubled size of US

1845

 

Texas Annexation

1848

Mexican Cession (end of Mexican American War)

1898

annexation of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines (End of Spanish American War)

1959

last two states added to US: Hawaii and Alaska

economic activity

 

most counties are nonspecialized. Manufacturing is clustered in Midwest and South. Farming is centered in great plains, mining is centered in Rockies, Texas (oil) and Appalachia (coal)

Population Density

NE is most dense. Largest cities are NY, LA, Chicago, Houston.

Southern border

geographic feature: Rio Grande. States: CA, AZ, NM, TX, LA, MS, AL, FL

Northern Border

geographic feature: Great Lakes. States: WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, WI, MI, OH, PA, NY, VT, NH, ME

Western Border

Geographic feature: Pacific Ocean. States: Washington, Oregon, California

Eastern Border

geographic feature: Atlantic Ocean. States: Massachusetts , New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New jersey, Delaware , Maryland, Virginia, north Carolina, South Carolina, Geogia, Florida, Maine

neighboring country

Canada + mexico

Mountains

west to east: Sierra Nevada, Rockies, Appalachian

 

Plains

west to east: Great basin, Great Plains, Coastal Plains

Rivers

west to east: Colorado, Missouri, Mississippi (largest), Ohio

bodies of water

pacific, atlantic, artic oceans; gulf of mexico/america; Super Man Helps Every One (West to East: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario)

indigenous nations

cahokia, cherokee, iroquois, wampanoag, tuscorora