Name: ______

Period: ______

Read p 2-7 in your, Utah textbook & answer the following questions:

  1. Describe the relative location of Utah: ______

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  1. Explain the difference between absolute and relative location:______

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  1. How have people in Utah adapted to their environment? ______

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  1. What is one aspect of Utah Geography that is particularly well-known/well-visited?

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Utah History Maps

MAP 1 (Utah Physical Geography) Directions- Use your Utah textbook (p22) to locate and label the following physical features in Utah. Please write as neatly as possible. Label all bodies of water and color them in using a BLUE colored pencil. Label all mountain chains & basins and color them in with a BROWN pencil.

Physical Land Forms (Page 22 in Utah Textbook) / Bodies of Water (Page 22 in Utah Textbook)
Great Basin
Uinta Mountains
Wasatch Mountains / Rivers
Bear River
Colorado River
Green River
Jordan River
Provo River
San Juan River
Sevier River
Uinta River
Virgin River
Weber River
Lakes
Bear Lake
Flaming Gorge
Great Salt Lake
Lake Powell
Sevier Lake
Strawberry Reservoir
Utah Lake

MAP 2 (Utah Political Geography) Directions- Using your Utah textbook as a guide, (p23) label all 29 of the Utah counties on the political map provided. Please write as neatly as possible. Color each county a different color, alternating colors as you go. i.e. Use 5 or 6 colors and alternate so that two counties of the same color do not touch each other.

Utah Counties (Page 23 in Utah Textbook)
Beaver
Box Elder
Cache
Carbon
Daggett
Davis
Duchesne
Emery
Garfield
Grand
Iron
Juab
Kane
Millard
Morgan / Piute
Rich
Salt Lake
San Juan
Sanpete
Sevier
Summit
Tooele
Uintah
Utah
Wasatch
Washington
Wayne
Weber

MAP 3 (United States Latitude/Longitude) Directions- Use the map at the front of the class, locate and label the following features on the US Map provided.

Features
Compass Rose (North, East, South, West)
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming