Reminders

• Students with a failing class grade received scholarship warnings on Monday & Tuesday to be signed by their parent/guardian and turned in on Wednesday (A-Day) and Thursday (B-Day).
• Students with a failing grade on the chapter 1 quiz were given a guided reading worksheet to complete for a recycled quiz grade of 70%.  This worksheet will be due on Wednesday (A-Day) and Thursday (B-Day).
• Group project presentations will begin on Wednesday (A-Day) and Thursday (B-Day).  
• Our first test on Unit 1 (Chapters 1 & 2) will be on Friday, 9/13 (A-Day) and Monday, 9/16 (B-Day).  The Unit 1 study guide will be handed out on Wednesday, 9/11 (A-Day) and Thursday, 9/12 (B-Day) to be completed for a home learning grade.  If you are absent on Wednesday or Thursday, the study guide is pasted below to help you prepare for the test.

Unit 1 Test Study Guide

Study vocabulary words.

Study hemispheres and continents located within them.

Know the location of the Appalachian & Rocky Mountains, Florida Everglades, 5 Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake, Mississippi River & Great Plains. 

1.    What is a nonrenewable resource?

2.    What is a renewable resource?

3.    List examples of a nonrenewable resource.

4.    List examples of a renewable resource.

5.    Which 3 resources are labeled as fossil fuels?

6.    Why are farms productive in the south?

7.    Which region has the smallest population?

8.    Which region has a majority of Latino and Asian Americans?

9.    Why is the Great Plains known as the “Bread Basket”?

10. Where are large amounts of oil and natural gas found in the U.S.?

11. What is the difference between latitude and longitude?

12. Where are U.S. military bases located and what laws are troops there subject to?

13. Describe a temperate climate.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TABLE 

Region	Climate	Geographical Features	Interesting fact
South
Northeast
Interior West
Pacific
Midwest

14. What is the largest wetland system?

15. Describe the difference between a commonwealth and a state.

16. Which ocean are most of the U.S. territories located in?

17. How might the geographical features of the Interior West account for this region having the fewest people?

18. List the types of industries that exist in the following regions.

a.    South –

b.    Interior West –

c.    Pacific –

d.    Northeast –

e.    Midwest –

19. Why are waterways in the United States so important to human settlement and economic activity? 

20. What is the highest mountain in North America?