ALSO DUE: Mon, 9/9 Geog Notes

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Thursday, 9/12 to come to 1823 before 7:15 am to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.

In this case, your notes are below:

Geography to Know

Sun Belt

·        Located in the South & Southwest

·        Warm, temperate climate with extended, hot summers & brief, mild winters

·        Population has greatly increased since the 1960s due to immigration & retiring "baby boomers"

Appalachian Mountains

·        "Border" of the Original 13 Colonies

·        Runs Southwestward from Newfoundland, Canada to Central Alabama

·        People usually refer to the areas in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, & Maryland when they speak of this feature

The Great Lakes

·        Located along the Canadian-American border

·        Connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence Seaway & Erie Canal (NY)

·        Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, & Ontario

The Mississippi River

·        "Dividing line" between East & West

·        Flows from Minnesota to Louisiana & into the Gulf of Mexico

·        Borders or cuts through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, & Louisiana

The Great Plains

·        Commonly called "the Midwest"

·        Area between the Mississippi River in the East & the Rocky Mountains in the West

·        "Breadbasket of America"

·        Harsh winters, hot & humid summers, prone to severe storms (tornados, dust storms)

·        Agriculture & farms thanks to irrigation & transportation from the Mississippi River

The Rocky Mountains

·        Stretch from British Columbia south to New Mexico

The Rio Grande

·        Forms part of the US-Mexican border

The Mojave Desert

·        Contains "Death Valley" - lowest, hottest, & driest area in North America; located in eastern California

Demographic Maps:

·        Show human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age, sex, income, religion, political views, etc.)

Physical Maps:

·        Show the geography of a place (the "layout of the land) such as mountains, rivers, deserts, etc.

Political Maps:

·        Show the borders between nations &/or empires, capital cities, major cities, etc.