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SurveyoftheU.S.;TheU.S.A;contents;Geography;History;TheNamesforthecountry

thepeople;TheNationalEmblem;7.thewhiteeagle/Americaneagle

strength

courage

freedom

immortal

“thekingamongbirds”.

8.theEmblemstandsfor:

Independence

courage

power

;PartIPhysicalGeography

ChapterI:ageneralintroduction

1.ThreeGeographicalDivisions

2.ThethreeMajorRiverSystems

3.Climate

4.NaturalResources

5.Territory

;Location;

Totalarea:9.37msq.km

the4thlargestcountry

Population:300million

Consistsof:50states

afederaldistrict

---theDistrictofColumbia;Topography.;Scenicspotsinthewest.;2.theThreeMajorRiverSystemthefiveGreatLakes.;TheGulfSystem:

1.theMississippiRiver

2.twomaintributaries:MissouriOhio

;TheAtlanticSystem:

1)HudsonRiver

2)DalawareRiver

3)thePotomacRiver

4)St.LawrenceRiver

;ThePacificSystem:

1)ColumbiaRiver

2)ColoradoRiver

;TheGreatLakes;3.Climate;

;3)Disastrousweather

1)Hurricane

2)tornado

3)snowstorm;4.Naturalresources;Richdeposits;forestry

1.1/4oftheterritory;

2.Northwesternpacificcoast:90%

3.TheNorth:

4.TheSouth:;Waterresources;Territory;ChapterIIPopulation;1.Complexcomposition:

1)ThenativeAmerican

2)Thewhite:80%

3)Theblack:

4)Mexicans:

5)PuertoRicans

6)Japanese,Philippines,Chinese…

;2.Theunevendistribution:

1)Atlanticcoastalareas:

2)thefiveGreatLakes

3)thePacificcoast;

4)theGulfofMexico

3.Thecharacteristicsofthepopulation:

1)diversity---culturalpluralism

2)uniformity(assimilation)

language

habitswaysofliving

ideas,idealsandobjectives

---a“MeltingPot”

;;TheNewEnglandRegion:

Sixstates

Maine

NewHampshire

Vermont

Massachusetts

Connecticut

RhodeIsland;TheMiddleAtlanticR