Chapter 3:

Geography
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 Cascades Canada

Coastal

The
range

Ro
ck y
Great

Mou
Basin
Great Plains

nta
Pacific ocean Siera Atlantic ocean

ins
Nevadas

Mexico

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 L. Superior

Great
salt Central L. Ontario
L. Huron
lake Plains

L. MichiganL. Erie
Appalachian
mountains

Gulf coastal
plain

Gulf of Mexico
Time zones
FAMOUS
PLACES

02
 Washington, D.C.
• The District of Columbia (official
name)
• Federal capital city / district
• Named for George Washington
• The cultural center of the U.S.
• Population: 631,693 (2023)
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 U.S. Capitol
• The Capitol / The Capitol Building
• Seat of the U.S. Congress
• Located on Capitol Hill
• Atop the Capitol Building: the
Statue of Freedom (above 19 feet
tall and around 15,000 pounds)
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 • The world’s largest library
Library of Congress • Copies of all books with a
U.S. Copyright
• Above 170 million objects in
the collection

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 Supreme Court

• The highest court of the land

• Established in 1789

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 National Archives Building
• At 700 Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W.
• Holds original copies of the
Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution, and the Bill
of Rights
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 Washington Monument
• Built between 1848 and 1885
• In honor of George Washington
• The world’s tallest freestanding stone
structure
• Used to be the tallest building

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 Jefferson Memorial

• Built between 1939 and 1943

• In honor of Thomas Jefferson
• The original statue: made of
plaster, later replaced with the
19-foot bronze statue
• Features multiple quotes from
Jefferson  Jeffersonian
democracy
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 • In honor of Abraham Lincoln
• At the western end of the National
Lincoln Mall
• Statue Abraham Lincoln (1920):
Memorial carved in marble (by Piccirilli
brothers)
• Murals with symbols of freedom
and justice (by Jules Guerin)
• 2 huge stone tablets: Lincoln’s
speeches
• The symbolic center of race
relations and civil rights
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 The White House
• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
• The official home & workplace of
the President (since 1800)

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 Other Famous Places

Empire State Mount Rushmore Gateway Arch

Building (NYC) (South Dakota) (Missouri)
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 Other Famous Places

Niagara Falls
Grand Canyon

Golden Gate Bridge

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States and Cities:
The West

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01 States and Cities in the west

02 Some facts about the states

1. States and Cities in the west
1. Washington
2. California
3. Idaho
4. Arizona
5. Colorado
6. Oklahoma
7. Nebraska
8. North Dakota
9. Hawaii
10. Montana
1. States and Cities in the west
11. Oregon
12. Nevada
13. Utah
14. Texas
15. New Mexico
16. South Dakota
17. Wyoming
18. Kansas
19. Alaska
California Symbols
California Symbols
Texas Symbols
2. Some Facts about the western of America

1. The largest state in land area in the U.S Alaska (1,723,337 km2)

2. The largest state in population in the U.S California

3. The state where Mount Rushmore is located South Dakota

4. The state is home to the Grand Canyon Arizona

2. Some Facts about the western of America

6. The state gets the least precipitation Nevada

7. The nickname of this state is “Cowboy state” Wyoming

8. The only state to be named after a president Washington

9. The state is popularly known as “The Lone Star

Texas
State”
 2. Some facts about the western of America

11. The state with the oldest capital city in the U.S New Mexico (Santa Fe in 1610)

12. The nickname of state is “Aloha state” Hawaii

13. The southernmost state of the US Hawaii

14. The northernmost state of the US Alaska

15. The westernmost state of the US Alaska

STATES AND
CITIES IN
THE EAST

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United
States’
Regions

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 Regional infographic
West Central Northeast

Southwest Southeast

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Assignment:
Central

1. Minnesota(MN) Indiana(IN) 7.

2. IOWA(IA) 1. Ohio(OH) 8.
4. 6.
3. Missouri(MO)
2.
4. Wisconsin(WI) 8.
5. 7.
5. IllInoisI(IL)
3.
6. Michigan(MI)

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Assignment:
Northeast

1. 1.
Maine(ME) Rhode Island(RI) 6.
3.
2. New Hampshire(NH) Connecticut(CT) 7.
2.
4.
3. 5. 6. 8.
Vermont(VT) New Jersey(NJ)
7.
4. New York(NY) Delaware(DE) 9.
10. 8.
5. Massachusetts(MA) Pennsylvania(PA) 10.
9.

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Assignment:
Southeast

1. Arkansas(AK) 4. Mississippi(MS) 8.
3.
2. 2. 5. 9.
Kentucky(KY) Alabama(AL)
3. 6. 7.
West Virginia(WV) 1. Georgia(GA) 10.
4. Maryland(MD) 11. South Carolina(SC) 11.
8. 9. 10.
5. Virginia(VA) 12. Louisiana(LA) 12.
6. Tennessee(TN) 13. Florida(FL) 13.

7. North Carolina(NC)

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Some
Interesting
Facts You
May Know
Or Not
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21.8 M & 66 K
sq. miles

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 Did you know this?

Statue of Liberty Empire State

located on Liberty Island in The Empire State Building is

New York Harbor, off the an iconic skyscraper located
southern tip of Manhattan at 350 Fifth Avenue, New
Island in New York City, New York, NY 10118, United
York. States..

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New York

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800
More than 800 languages are
spoken in the city, making it
the most linguistically diverse
city in the word
New York
1985 1,250
The first pizzeria in the U.S. the Empire State Building is
opened in NYC in 1985 currently the 4th tallest
building in New York City, the
6th tallest in the United States,
and the 43rd tallest tower in
the world.
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 Fun Question
Mount Vernon in Virginia was the home of which U.S. president?

A. Donald Trump
B. George Washington
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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 Fun Question
Mount Vernon in Virginia was the home of which U.S. president?

B. George Washington

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Thanks for listening.