Unit Guide 1: U.S. and N.C. Geography

Vocabulary and key concepts covering Unit Guide 1 on U.S. and North Carolina geography, state standards, and regional grouping criteria.

Standard 8.G.1.1

The state standard to explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.

Standard 8.G.1.2

The state standard to understand the human and physical characteristics of regions in North Carolina and the United States.

Factors that determine how states are grouped into regions

Common features shared by an area, which can also be artificial, such as Climate, Economy, Resources, and Land Forms.

The 5 Regions

The five major geographic regions of the United States identified and studied in U.S. Geography.