https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/Recent content in U.S. Geography on Teddy Rook Bookhttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpghttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpgHugoenhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/us-on-the-map/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/us-on-the-map/The United States is in North America, between Canada and Mexico, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific to the west. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/fifty-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/fifty-states/The country has 50 states and the District of Columbia; 48 states touch one another, and Alaska and Hawaii stand apart. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/territories/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/territories/Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa are U.S. territories, not states. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/regions/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/regions/The U.S. Census Bureau groups the states into four regions: the Northeast, the Midwest, the South and the West. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/postal-codes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/postal-codes/Each state has a two-letter postal code, such as CA for California, TX for Texas and NY for New York. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/northeast-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/northeast-states/Find the nine states of the Northeast: the six New England states and New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/northeast-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/northeast-capitals/Match each Northeastern state with its capital, such as Albany for New York and Boston for Massachusetts. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/midwest-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/midwest-states/Find the twelve Midwestern states, from Ohio in the east to North Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas in the west. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/midwest-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/midwest-capitals/Match each Midwestern state with its capital, such as Springfield for Illinois and Saint Paul for Minnesota. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-atlantic-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-atlantic-states/Find the South Atlantic states, from Delaware and Maryland down the coast to Florida, plus West Virginia and Washington, D.C. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-atlantic-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-atlantic-capitals/Match each South Atlantic state with its capital, such as Tallahassee for Florida and Raleigh for North Carolina. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-central-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-central-states/Find the eight South Central states: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-central-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/south-central-capitals/Match each South Central state with its capital, such as Austin for Texas and Nashville for Tennessee. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mountain-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mountain-states/Find the eight Mountain states: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mountain-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mountain-capitals/Match each Mountain state with its capital, such as Denver for Colorado and Carson City for Nevada. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/pacific-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/pacific-states/Find the five Pacific states: Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska and Hawaii. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/pacific-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/pacific-capitals/Match each Pacific state with its capital, such as Sacramento for California and Juneau for Alaska. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/all-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/all-states/Find any state on the map of the whole country, and name a state from its place or its shape. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/all-capitals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/all-capitals/Name the capital of any state, or the state that a capital belongs to. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/neighbor-states/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/neighbor-states/Name the states that share a border with a state; Tennessee and Missouri each touch eight others, and Maine touches only one. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/physical-regions/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/physical-regions/From east to west: the Coastal Plain, the Appalachian Mountains, the Central Lowland, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, the high basins and plateaus, and the Pacific mountains. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mountain-ranges/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mountain-ranges/The Appalachians run near the East Coast; the Rockies run from New Mexico to Montana and on into Canada; the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades rise near the Pacific. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/high-low-points/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/high-low-points/Denali in Alaska is the highest peak in North America (20,310 feet); Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point (282 feet below sea level). U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/continental-divide/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/continental-divide/Along the high Rockies runs the Continental Divide: rain on its west side flows toward the Pacific, rain on its east side toward the Atlantic and the Gulf. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/major-rivers/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/major-rivers/Find the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Colorado, Columbia and Rio Grande rivers and the states they pass through. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mississippi-system/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/mississippi-system/The Missouri, Ohio and Arkansas rivers flow into the Mississippi, and the Tennessee flows into the Ohio; the Mississippi carries all their water to the Gulf. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/great-lakes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/great-lakes/The five Great Lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario ("HOMES"); Lake Michigan is the only one entirely inside the United States. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/coasts-bays/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/coasts-bays/Find the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts, Chesapeake Bay, Cape Cod, the Florida Peninsula, Puget Sound and San Francisco Bay. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/deserts/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/deserts/The four big deserts are the Mojave, the Sonoran, the Chihuahuan and the Great Basin, all in the West and Southwest. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/alaska-hawaii/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/alaska-hawaii/Alaska is the largest state, with glaciers, mountains and tundra; Hawaii is a chain of volcanic islands in the middle of the Pacific. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/national-parks/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/national-parks/National parks protect special places for everyone; Yellowstone (1872) was the first, and the National Park Service has run the parks since 1916. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/parks-west/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/parks-west/Find Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Zion, Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Olympic, Denali and other parks of the West. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/parks-east/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/parks-east/Find the Great Smoky Mountains, Acadia, the Everglades, Shenandoah, Mammoth Cave, Big Bend and other parks east of the Rockies. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/landmarks/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/landmarks/Match landmarks to their states: the Statue of Liberty (New York), Mount Rushmore (South Dakota), the Golden Gate Bridge (California), the Gateway Arch (Missouri). U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/time-zones/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/time-zones/The 50 states span six time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian; it gets earlier as you go west. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/time-zone-math/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/time-zone-math/Count the zones between two places and add hours going east or subtract going west. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/daylight-saving/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/daylight-saving/In most states, clocks move ahead an hour in spring and back in fall; Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time all year. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/climate-regions/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/climate-regions/Hot, humid summers in the Southeast; cold winters in the North; dry lands in the Southwest; mild, rainy winters on the Pacific coast; tropical Hawaii; cold Alaska. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/storms-hazards/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/storms-hazards/Hurricanes strike the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, tornadoes are most common on the Great Plains and in the South, and earthquakes are most common in the West and Alaska. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/largest-cities/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/largest-cities/New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix are the largest U.S. cities by population (2020 Census). U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/state-populations/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/state-populations/California, Texas, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania have the most people; Wyoming has the fewest (2020 Census). U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/population-density-us/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/population-density-us/Population density is people per square mile: New Jersey is the most crowded state and Alaska the least. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/farms-resources/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/farms-resources/Iowa and Illinois lead in corn, Kansas and North Dakota in wheat, Texas in cotton, Idaho in potatoes, and California in fruits and vegetables. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/first-thirteen/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/first-thirteen/The thirteen original states were the colonies along the Atlantic coast; Delaware was the first to approve the Constitution, in 1787. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/growth-of-the-us/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/growth-of-the-us/The Louisiana Purchase (1803), Florida (1819), Texas (1845), the Oregon Country (1846), the Mexican Cession (1848), Alaska (1867) and Hawaii (1898). U.S. Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/statehood-order/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/us-geography/statehood-order/Put states in order of joining: Delaware first (1787) and Hawaii last (1959); many Western states joined around 1890. U.S. Geography · Geography Ladder