Unformatted text preview: Assignment 1.01 Go to File, Download As, then pick the format you can edit. :) Part 1: Explore the interactive maps to answer the three questions in Part 1 of this assignment. If you need to review how to use a map's scale, please go to the Locating Places section of the Map Tutorial and read through page 3. Give the approximate distance in miles that the Pilgrims traveled in their journey from Plymouth, England, to 3,350 miles Plymouth, Massachusetts. Give the approximate distance in miles that Lewis and 1,400 miles Clark traveled from St. Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. Give the approximate distance in miles that the transcontinental railroad covered from Omaha to San 1,400 miles Francisco. Part 2: Respond to each of the following prompts in a complete paragraph using the terms and ideas presented in the lesson. Thinking about what you have learned in this lesson, take an indepth look at your hometown. Using the terms listed below, write a oneparagraph description of the town where you currently live. Please include the name of your city and state in your description. ○
Place ○
Region ○
Relative location ○
Physical system ○
Human system I currently live in Orlando, Florida. I would describe the place as hot, humid and tropical. Their are a lot of tourist sites to see here.
I would say that a relative location to Florida would be California. They are similar in their own ways, both have a mix population.
Orlando has mix of lots of different cultures. The landscape in orlando is flat, grassy and sandy, lots of trees. We live near the
Ocean, which is The Atlantic Ocean. It's a very busy place here in orlando all year round with tourist going to places like Universal
Studios and Disney World. Orlando grows mainly Oranges. A physical system here would be the Everglades, and the national park Convince someone to move to a U.S. city of your choice, by describing the location using terms from the lesson. Be sure to include the name of the city and state you are writing about and make your response at least one paragraph in length. A place that I would recommend someone to life in is Miami, Florida. During most of the year it is hot and humid. There are
many places that you can go to like the beach, jungle island, Dolphin mall. In miami it is flat with water completly around it,
with many tourist coming all year long, you will get to see cruise ship come and go. A physical system here is the everglades
which is cool with swamps around. ...
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