Social Studies in Review

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SOL Test Study Guide (SOL Test on Tuesday, June 1st)
Continents:
North America
South America
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Europe
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Latitude: parallel lines running around a globe (lat sat flat)
Longitude: lines running up and down a globe (LONGitude)

Geographic Regions:
1. Coastal Plain: broad lowland providing many excellent harbors
2. Appalachian Highlands: old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in
    North America)
3. Canadian Shield: wrapped around Hudson Bay, hills worn by erosion and
    hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
4. Interior Lowlands: rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys,
    and grassy hills
5. Great Plains: flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward,
    grasslands
6. Rocky Mountains: rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to
    Mexico, contains the Continental Divide
7. Basin and Range: area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain
    ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America
8. Coastal Range: rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch
              from California to Canada
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Bodies of Water:
Atlantic Ocean: served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and
      later immigrants
Pacific Ocean: an early exploration route
Mississippi River: the transportation artery for farm and industrial
                                      products
Missouri River: the transportation artery for farm and industrial products
Ohio River: the “gateway to the west”
Columbia River: explored by Lewis and Clark
Colorado River: explored by the Spanish
Rio Grande River: forms a border with Mexico
Great Lakes: inland port cities grew in the Midwest along these
Gulf of Mexico: provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to
    Mexico and other parts of America
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