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== Maps & Timelines ==
== Maps & Timelines ==
=== Regions of North America ===
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|[[File:NativeAmericanRegions map 1.jpg|thumb|'''Major Regions of North America'''|alt=|none]]
|'''BIG IDEAS'''
* Native American tribes and language groups were divided into these basic geographic regions
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|[[File:NorthAmerica-sel-regions LCPS VA-Edu..jpg|none|thumb|Major regions of North America from the Virginia Dept. of Education SOL framework document]]
|BIG IDEAS
* '''A) Coastal Plain'''
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* '''B) Appalachian Mountains'''
** mountain range that extends along the Coastal Plain from Georgia to New England
** includes sub-regions
*** the Piedmont, Low Plateaus and Mountains
** the Appalachian Mountains served as a barrier between
*** early American colonies (to the east of the Appalachians along the Coastal Plain)
*** and French and Indian lands (to the west of the Appalachians)
* '''C) Canadian Shield'''
* '''D) Interior Lowlands'''
* '''E) Great Plains'''
* '''F) Rocky Mountains'''
** high mountain range above and to the east of the Great Basin
** the "'''Continental Divide'''" is in the Rocky Mountains, marking the point at which the land descends to the east or the west
** important rivers flow from origins in the Rocky Mountains
* '''G) Basin and Range'''
** the "Great Basin" = a geographic depression (low area) that was once under the sea
*** no rivers flow out of the Great Basin
** the Range 
* '''H) Coastal Ranges'''
** western slope of mountains that border the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains
** and that produce important rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean
** and the coastal lowlands of modern California, Oregon and Washington
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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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|[[File:Atlantic Coastal Plain.svg|thumb|The Atlantic coastal plain |alt=|border|none]]
|'''ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN'''
* lowland coast region along Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
* the 13 American colonies were settled in the Coastal Plain from modern Georgia to Massachusetts
** note that Massachusetts is part of the Appalachian region, but it was settled along with the '''Coastal Plain'''
* the western barrier to the Coastal Plain is the eastern slope of the Appalachian Mountains
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|[[File:AppalachianLocatorMap2.png|thumb|AppalachianLocatorMap2|alt=|border|none]][[File:Appalachian region of United States.png|thumb|'''Appalachian region of United States'''|alt=|none]]
|'''APPALACHIAN REGION'''
* the eastern slope of the Appalachian mountains marked the border between British American colonies (the 13 colonies) and French and Indian territories
* all rivers from the eastern slope flow towards the Atlantic Ocean
* all rivers from the western slope flow towards the Mississippi River
* after Britain defeated France in the 1854-63 French-Indian War, the entire Appalachian
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|INTERIOR LOWLANDS
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|[[File:Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|thumb|Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains|alt=Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|border|none]][[File:Map of Great Plains.svg|thumb|'''Great Plains region'''|alt=|none]]
|'''GREAT PLAINS REGION'''
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|[[File:RockyMountains-Range.svg|thumb|RockyMountains-Range|alt=RockyMountains-Range.svg|border|none]]
|'''ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION'''
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|[[File:Basin and Range Province Boundaries and Landmarks.svg|thumb|One of various geographical definitions of the Province]][[File:GB-Definition-Map.jpg|thumb|The hydrographic Great Basin (magenta outline), distinguished from the Great Basin Desert (black), and the Basin and Range Geological Province (teal).[3]|alt=|border|none]][[File:Great Basin map.gif|thumb|Great Basin map|alt=Great Basin map.gif|border|none]]
|'''BASIN AND RANGE'''
* the Great Basin
** the VA & US SOL refers to the "Great Basin" as "t
* the Range includes mountains from which water flows into the Great Basin or beyond it, such as the Colorado River
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|[[File:California Mountain Ranges.png|thumb|Northern and Southern Coast Ranges and other major mountain ranges of California]]
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== Rivers of the U.S. ==
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|'''BIG IDEAS'''
* rivers start in mountains and flow downhill
* thus they mark the major regions
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|[[File:US map - rivers and lakes3.jpg|thumb|US map - rivers and lakes3|alt=|border|none]]
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=== Indigenous peoples/ Native Americans ===
=== Indigenous peoples/ Native Americans ===
pre-1492 (pre-Columbian)[[File:North American cultural areas.png|Cultural areas of North America at time of European contact|alt=|border|none|thumb]]
 
pre-1492 (pre-Columbian)
 
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|[[File:Nouvelle-France map-fr.svg|thumb|Map showing French possessions in North America just before the French-Indian War (1754)|alt=|border|none]]
|'''BIG IDEAS'''
* red = British colonies in red, including 13 American
* striped red = British territory in Canada ceded (surrendered) by France to Britain in 1713
* blue = French territory, called "New France"
* orange = Spanish territory, which includes Florida and parts of modern Southwest US (an area that belonged to Mexico after Mexican independence from Spain)
* the red (British) and blue (French) territories are separated by the Appalachian Mountains
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|[[File:Map Thirteen Colonies 1775.svg|thumb|Map Thirteen Colonies 1775|alt=|none]]
|'''BIG IDEAS'''
* after the French-Indian War (1754-1763), the lands that had belonged to Franch became British
** Canada
** all lands east of the Mississippi River
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** France gave control of Louisiana to Spain
*** = lands west of the Mississippi River
* English King George prohibited colonies from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
* he reserved that land for Native Americans ("Indian Territories")
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== Wars: causes & effects ==
== Wars: causes & effects ==


== Big Ideas ==
== Big Ideas ==
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