Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The Pacific States of the West!

To Complete this Assignment:
•FIRST, USE A BLACK Fine Point Sharpie (or something similar)
•You will use the map you received in class today.
•You need some colored pencils!
USE These Resources to help you label! (Just click the link!)

A Political Map of the United States!
A Physical Map of the United States
Second Physical Map of the United States
Map of Major US Rivers (scroll down)
Another Major US Rivers Map
Physical Map of Alaska
Physical map of Hawaii
Where is Puget Sound???

Political Geography (labeling states and capitals)

•Please label and identify these states AND their Capital Cities:

• California,
• Hawaii,
• Alaska,
• Oregon,
• Washington.

Please shade/color these five states green on map. BUT Don't color this until after completing the Physical Geography below!

Physical Geography (labeling the landforms)

Please label on your maps! (USE THE MAP KEY to see what shapes to use when drawing/labeling)

• The Mojave Desert - color/shade tan or light brown (make little dots ...... for the desert area)
• Sierra Nevada Mountains - color/shade this area brown
• Cascade Range - color/shade this area brown
• Coastal Range - color/shade brown (make sure you get it all - the length of the west coast)
• Columbia and Snake rivers - color/shade blue (draw a line in blue for the rivers using a BLUE pen)
• The Pacific Ocean - color/shade blue
• Bering Strait - color/shade blue  (hint: near the Bering Sea)
• Bering Sea - color/shade blue
• Puget (pronounced peeewww-jet)Sound - color/shade blue (somewhere in the state of Washington)
• Yukon River - color/shade blue (Blue pen/sharpie)
• Identify Mt. McKinley (circe a mountain in the Alaska range)
• Identify the Aleutian Islands
• Brooks Range - color/shade brown
• Alaskan Range - color/shade brown