| A | B |
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| Geographers divide US into regions | allows them to learn more about different areas and what people do in those areas |
| Regions in US are interdependent | products produced in one region can be used in other regions |
| Climate of a country or region affect by equator | places closer to equator warmer than places farther away |
| Humid America | East side of US |
| Arid America | West side of US |
| Climate affects our daily lives | way we dress and activities we do |
| natural resources are materials found in nature that we use to meet our needs and wants | nonrenewable resources (once used, gone - - oil, natural gas, coal)/renewable (can be replaced - trees) |
| Fossil fuels | formed from fossils and nonrenewable |
| Forests provide wood, paper, etc. | We make things from wood and sell to help economy |
| Acid rain is rain mixed with pollution | Kills trees, pollutes ground so things won't grow, pollutes rivers, lakes and kills fish |
| People are a resource | It is the people who make natural resources like forests into useful goods like paper |
| West Region | Climate - Arid / Resources - Forest / Landform - Rocky Mountains |
| Southwest Region | Climate - Dry / Resource - oil / Landform - Grand Canyon |
| Midwest Region | Climate - Wet / Resources - coal / Landform - plains |
| Southeast Region | Climate - wet / Resources - forest / Landform - Appalachian Mountains |
| Northeast Region | Climate - cold winter / Resource - Coal / Landform - Appalachian Mountains |
