U. S. Geography Homework Project

This project covers SOL USI.2 b and c

 This project should be completed and returned to school by Friday, September 10

Assignment:  Create a physical map of the United States .  This map may be drawn or traced.  You may use poster board, colored pencils or crayons, etc. Your teacher has provided you with many maps and charts.  Be sure to use them. Be creative but be sure to include the following:

·           Label the water features important to the early history of the United States

  Great Lakes

Mississippi River

Missouri River

Ohio River

Columbia River

Colorado River

Rio Grande

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

·           Locate and color the geographic regions of North America

 Atlantic Coastal Plain            dark green

Interior Plains              Central Plains   brown

Great Plains             yellow

Appalachian Mountains             light green

Canadian Shield pink

Rocky Mountains             red

Intermountain Region  (Basin and Range)             purple

Pacific Coastal Range   blue