Picturing+North+America

Handout Vocabulary Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 * [[file:daily geog (dragged) 8.pdf]]
 * Central America
 * Dependency
 * Greater Antilles
 * Lesser Antilles
 * Map Sketch
 * Mental Map
 * Political Map
 * West Indies
 * 1) When you picture a place in your mind, what kind of map are you making?
 * 2) Don't look at the map of North America. Which country is north of the U.S. and which country is south of the U.S.?
 * 1) Look at the shape of the United States on the map. Name two states that border the Pacific Ocean
 * 2) Look at the shape of the United States. Name two states that border Mexico.
 * 1) Study the seven countries that make up Central America. Turn over the map and list as many as you can remember.
 * 2) Which large island is part of North America, but belongs to a country in Europe? The island territory belongs to which country?
 * 1) Picture Alaska within the borders of the contiguous United States. Is Alaska smaller, larger, or the same size as Texas?
 * 2) Which island that is labeled in the Greater Antilles is not a country, but rather a part of another country?
 * 1) Study the Greater Antilles island nations. Turn over the map and name as many as you can remember.
 * 2) Study the waterways that are labeled on the map. Turn over the map and name as many as you can remember.