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== Maps & Timelines ==
== Maps & Timelines ==
=== Native American regions of North America ===
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[[File:NativeAmericanRegions map 1.jpg|thumb|'''Major Regions of North America'''|alt=|none]][[File:Langs N.Amer.png|thumb|Language families of Indigenous peoples in North America: shown across present-day Canada, Greenland, the United States, and northern Mexico|alt=|none]]
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|[[File:North American cultural areas.png|Cultural areas of North America at time of European contact|alt=|border|none|thumb]]
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|'''BIG IDEAS'''
* Native American tribes and language groups were divided into these basic geographic regions
* these maps will not be on the Virginia SOL
** however, they provide a good overview of distribution Native American ethnic, language and tribal groups
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=== Geographic regions of North America ===
=== Geographic regions of North America ===
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* thus they mark the major regions  
* thus they mark the major regions  
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|'''Rivers to know:'''
|'''US Rivers to know:'''
* Hudson River
* Hudson River
* Mississippi River
* Mississippi River
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** all Virginia rivers flow towards the Atlantic  
** all Virginia rivers flow towards the Atlantic  
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|[[File:Chesapeake bay watershed map.jpg|thumb|The Chesapeake Bay watershed|alt=A rough map of the Chesapeake Bay watershed with blue lines for rivers drawn on top.]]
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|[[File:Mississippi River Watershed Map.jpg|thumb|Mississippi River Watershed Map|alt=|border|none]][[File:Mississippi river map.png|thumb|Mississippi river map|alt=|border|none]]
|[[File:Mississippi River Watershed Map.jpg|thumb|Mississippi River Watershed Map|alt=|border|none]][[File:Mississippi river map.png|thumb|Mississippi river map|alt=|border|none]]
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[[File:Virginia geographic map-en.svg|thumb|Virginia is shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, and the parallel 36°30′ north.|alt=A topographic map of Virginia, with text identifying cities and natural features.]]
[[File:Virginia geographic map-en.svg|thumb|Virginia is shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, and the parallel 36°30′ north.|alt=A topographic map of Virginia, with text identifying cities and natural features.]]


=== Maps of colonial America & territorial expansion ===  
=== Native American regions of North America ===
 
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[[File:NativeAmericanRegions map 1.jpg|thumb|'''Major Regions of North America'''|alt=|none]][[File:Langs N.Amer.png|thumb|Language families of Indigenous peoples in North America: shown across present-day Canada, Greenland, the United States, and northern Mexico|alt=|none]]
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|[[File:North American cultural areas.png|Cultural areas of North America at time of European contact|alt=|border|none|thumb]]
|}[[File:Early indian east.jpg|thumb|Eastern tribes & general language groups, pre-colonial era|alt=Early indian east.jpg|none]]
|'''BIG IDEAS'''
* Native American tribes and language groups were divided into these basic geographic regions
* these maps will not be on the Virginia SOL
** however, they provide a good overview of distribution Native American ethnic, language and tribal groups
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=== Colonial America & territorial expansion ===  
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== Wars: causes & effects ==
== Wars: causes & effects ==