APUSH Geography Quiz

13 colonies declare independence (date)

1776

13 colonies

Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia

Florida purchase (date)

1819

Louisiana Purchase (date)

1803

Louisiana Purchase

All land between Mississippi and the Rockies not controlled by Spain - doubled size of US

Texas annexation (date)

1845

Mexican Cession

Added CA, NV, UT, AZ, parts of NM

Mexican Cession (date)

1848

End of Spanish American war

Annexation of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines

End of Spanish American war (date)

1898

Last two states added to U.S.

Hawaii and Alaska

Last two states added to U.S. (date)

1959

Economic Activity

Most counties nonspecialized

Manufacturing clustered in Midwest and South

Farming in Great Plains

Mining is in Rockies

Oil in Texas

Coal in Appalachia

Population Density

New England is most dense. Largest cities NY, LA, Chicago, Houston

Southern Border geographic feature

Rio Grande River

Southern Border states

CA, AZ, NM, TX, LA, MS, AL, FL

Northern Border geographic feature

Great Lakes

Northern Border states

WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, WI, OH, PA, NY, VT, NH, MA

Western Border geographic feature

Pacific Ocean

Western Border states

WA, OR, CA

Eastern Border geographic feature

Atlantic Ocean

Eastern Border states

ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL

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, Ohio

Largest River

Mississippi

Bodies of water

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario

Super Man Helps Every One

Great Lakes from West → East: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario

Indigenous nations

Cahokia, Cherokee, Iroquois, Wampanoag, Tuscarora