NORTH AMERICAN REGIONS

I. Atlantic Coastal Plain

d. Maryland to Cape Cod

Key

Red-Term to define and remember Yellow-Place to locate and remember Green-Resource to know and remember Bright Green-Agricultural product (crop) to remember White, Blue and Brown-Narration to help understanding

Annapolis, Maryland

The Amistad (replica)

From the State House steps

Who was he?

Annapolis

Naval Academy Chapel

Faculty Housing

Field House

Baltimore, Maryland the inner harbor

Chesapeake Bay

Baltimore CBD

Urban Renewal

Baltimore, Maryland Stadia

Another example of Urban Renewal

Football Camden Yards

CBD

Baseball

Changing land uses: converting old buildings to different purposes

Baltimore Neighborhood

The Sower
Symbol of the State of Maryland

A Fort at the Head of the Chesapeake Bay

What is its name?

Hint

Fort saw Action in the War of 1812

When Francis Scott Key watched the bombardment of this fort from a British ship in the harbor and wrote
The Star Spangled Banner

Guns from WWI

Fort McHenry

The Liberty Bell

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
And behind it . . .

Independence Hall

A statue of whom?

Independence Hall From theJohn Barry opposite side

From the side

Independence Hall is the site where two important documents were debated: The Declaration of Independence (1776)
The Constitution of the United States (1788)

The Assembly Room

Signing the Constitution of the United States

In Olde Philadelphia
Other examples of historically significant cultural features.

Born January 17, 1706 Died April 17, 1790

Pennsylvania was colonized by Quakers under the leadership of William Penn.

Old City Tavern

Row Houses

The port of Philadelphia

On the Delaware River

Camden, New Jersey

Across the Delaware River

Looking South

Looking North

Many Europeans landed here, including . . .

Immigrants from . . .

Ireland

Philadelphia

Today the sixth largest metropolitan area in the United States (pop.= 6.2 Million)

Cape Cod Massachusetts

The end of the Atlantic Coastal Plain is here.

Sandy Neck Lighthouse

On a Barrier Beach

Salt marsh

Is this the ocean side or the sound side of the barrier peninsula that is Cape Cod?

Ospreys

Map Placement

Delaware River

Definitions

Harbor- a location on a large body of water that is in a site sheltered from storms Port- a relatively deep location on a water body where ships and boats are loaded and unloaded Immigrants People who moved to North AmericaEast Coast cities saw the most immigration from Europe from 1840-1930. Peninsula- Land that sticks out into water Salt Marsh- Tidal swamp

Atlantic Coastal Plain

Maryland to Cape Cod

The End