Map Study US and Canada

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Map Study – US and Canada

Political:

50 US states 13 Canadian territories Dallas-Fort Worth Chicago

New York City Boston Atlanta Detroit

Toronto Quebec Montreal Vancouver

Seattle Washington, D.C. Ottawa San Francisco

Physical features:

Lake Superior Lake Huron Lake Erie Niagra Falls

Lake Ontario Lake Michigan Great Salt Lake Hudson Bay

Mississippi River Ohio River Colorado River Missouri River

St. Lawrence River Baffin Bay Hudson Strait Gulf of Mexico

Pacific Atlantic Arctic Bering Strait

Great Bear Lake Rio Grande Mojave Desert Death Valley Mt. St. Helens Mt. McKinley

Physical regions: locate all of these regions and define the italicized regions

Canadian Shield Great & Interior Plains Central Lowlands Ozarks

Coastal Plains Pacific Mountains Rocky Mountains Piedmont Appalachian Mtns Intermountain Basins

Questions:

1. Which Canadian provinces comprise the Canadian Shield?

2. Which three or four mountain ranges are responsible for the highland climate zones in the US and Canada?

3. In which physical region(s) is most of the manufacturing found in Canada and the US? In which physical region(s) is most of the agriculture (livestock and commercial farming) found?

4. Compare the size and shape of the original 13 states to the newer states in the west. Hypothesize why the sizes differ.

5. Use evidence to prove that latitude plays a major role in distributing the climate zones in US and Canada.

6. How do the population densities of Canada and the US differ? Compare the population settlement patterns (i.e. where do most people settle in the US and Canada)?

7. Canada or the US?

On the map quiz: definitely the fifty states and the thirteen provinces. I will pick (at random) seven other items to include.

US and Canada: Political Map