Mrs' Witte

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Mrs. Witte

• Physiographic regions

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General Objective

• Students in Missouri public schools will acquire
  a solid foundation which includes knowledge of
• the major elements of geographical study and
  analysis (such as location, place, movement,
  regions) and their relationships to changes in
  society and environment.
• Students will be able to
• Analyze physical characteristics, such as
  climate, topography, relationship to water and
  ecosystems
• Explain how regions of the United States relate
  to one another and change over time
• Use geography to interpret the past, explain the
  present and plan for the future

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Unit Overview Essential Question

• How does geography influence history?

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Physiographic Regions
Please open your book to page 1 vocabulary regio
n a specific area which contains similar
characteristics or features within its boundaries
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Coastal Plains Atlantic

• Note taker
• ATLANTIC coastal plains
• Many sandy beaches

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Coastal Plains Gulf Coast

• Note taker
• GULF coastal plains
• Low swamplands

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Piedmont

• Note taker
• PIEDMONT
• Many rapids and waterfalls
• fall line

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Appalachian Highlands

• Note taker
• APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS
• Older rounded mountains and hills
• Many separate mountain ranges
• Alleghenies

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Central Plains

• Note taker
• CENTRAL PLAINS
• Vast area of flat land
• Rich soil, good for farming
• Once covered in hardwood forests

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Ozark Highlands

• Note taker
• OZARK HIGHLANDS
• Many hills, rivers, lakes, forests

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Great Plains

• Note taker
• GREAT PLAINS
• gently rolling hills rising to the mountains
• dry, short grass prairies

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Intermountain

• Note taker
• INTERMOUNTAIN BASINS AND PLATEAUS
• Many basins and canyons
• Very little rainfall

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Cascade volcanic action
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Sierra Nevada
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Central Valley