Physical Features of the US

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SS4G1 The student will be able to locate important physical and man-made features

in the United States.

a. Locate major physical features of the United States; include the Atlantic

Coastal Plain, Great Plains, Continental Divide, the Great Basin, Death

Valley, Gulf of Mexico, St. Lawrence River, and the Great Lakes.

b. Locate major man-made features; include New York City, NY; Boston, MA;

Philadelphia, PA; and the Erie Canal.

SS4G2 The student will describe how physical systems affect human systems.

a. Explain why each of the native American groups (SS4H1a) occupied the areas

they did, with emphasis on why some developed permanent villages and others

did not.

b. Describe how the early explorers (SS4H2a) adapted, or failed to adapt, to the

various physical environments in which they traveled.

c. Explain how the physical geography of each colony helped determine economic

activities practiced therein.

d. Explain how each force (American and British) attempted to use the physical

geography of each battle site to its benefit (SS4H4c).

e. Describe physical barriers that hindered and physical gateways that benefited

territorial expansion from 1801 to 1861 (SS4H6a).