THE GREAT LAKES

• Huron
• Ontario
• Michigan
• Erie
• Supirior

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

• Longest in the U.S.
• Many products are shipped down it

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

• Runs from eastern Canada to Alabama
• Oldest mountains in the U.S.

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

• In the western part of the U.S.
• Tallest in the U.S.
• Runs from Alaska to the middle of North America

GREAT PLAINS

• Run from the Mississippi River to the rocky mountians
• Flat and fertile

HARBOR

CANYON

GREAT PLAINS NATIVE AMERICANS

• Lived in teepees
• Hunted buffalo, used every part
• Learned to catch and breed horses
• Painted pictures on buffalo hides
• Had beautiful clothing and feather headdresses

NORTHWEST COAST NATIVE AMERICANS

• Put totem poles in front of houses
• Made dugout boats from cedar trees
• Went on whale hunts
• Hunted and fished
• Traded fish, shells, furs, whale products, and more

SOUTHWEST DESERT NATIVES

• The anasazi were thi first natives here
• Lived in large adobe cliff dwellings
• Made pottery and wove baskets
• Grew corn and beans
• Men hunted while women prepared meals

EASTERN WOODLAND NATIVES

• Lived in teepees and wigwams
• Lived next to lakes and rivers
• Grew corn, beans, squash, pumkins, and more
• Played little war, similar to lacrosse
• Used birch bark to create many things

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• 1492-1502
• Italian explorer, sailed for spain
• Discovered the americas when he landed on San Salvador in 1492
• Explored caribbean islands and thought he was exploring aisa

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• 1519-1522
• Sailed for spain
• Led the first expedition completely around The World
• Named the Pacific Ocean because it was so beautiful
• He was killed in the Philippines, but his crew finished the expedition

COLONY

THE COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Triangular trade between africa, the americas, and europe
• Traded food, animals, diseases, slaves, technology
• Enslaved natives were forced to grow sugarcanes, and mine gold and silver

URBAN

RURAL