key points and major terms

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1、KeyPointsandMojorTermsTheUnitedStatesofAmericaChapter1GeographicalFeaturesandNaturalResourcesIKeypoints:1LocationandGeographicalDivisions2Climate3NaturalResources4ComparisonoftheBasicFactsoftheUnitedStates,UnitedKingdomandChinaIIMajorterms:1TheMissis

2、sippi______ItisthemostimportantandlongestreiverintheUS.Itflowsabout6400kmfromitsnorthwesternsourceintheRockiestotheGulfofMexico.TheMississippianditstributariiesdrainoneoftherichestfarmareasintheworld.2ContinentalDivide______Itisthenamegiventotheprinc

3、ipal,andlargelymountainous,divideoftheAmericasthatseparatesstreamsthatflowintothePacificOceanfromthosethatflowintotheAtlantic.3GreatLakes______ThefivelakesbetweenCanadaandtheUS.TheyareLakeSuperior,LakeMichigan,LakeHuron,LakeErie,andLakeOntario.4Great

4、Plains______ItistheareabetweentheMississippiandtheRockies.5NewEngland______thenortheasterncorneroftheUnitedStatesincludingthepresentstatesofMine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,RhodeIslandandConnecticut.ItwasoncethechiefcenteroftheAmericanWarofInd

5、ependence.IIIHistoricalfigures:IVQuestionstoponder:1DescribetherelativelocationoftheUnitedStatesandmakeageneralcommentonthelocationofthecountryanditsadvantagesanddrawbacksforitsdefenceandeconomicdevelopment.2SaysomethingabouttheeconomyoftheUnitedStat

6、esincludingitssize,structureandcharacteristics.（Fordetailedanswerseethecorrespondingchapterinthetextbook）Chapter2AmericanPopulationIKeyPoints:1CompositionoftheUSPopulation2PolulationDistribution3InternalMigrationIIMojorTerms:1Themeltingpot______Itmea

7、nsthattheUSiscomposedofimmigrantsfromdifferentnationsallovertheworld.2WASPs______ItstandsforWhiteAnglo-SaxonProtestants.TheyarethemainstreamofAmericanswhoarethedescentdentsoftheearlyEnglishsettlers.3IndianReservations______ItisalandmanagedbyanativeAm

8、ericantribeundertheUnitedStatesDepartmentoftheInterior’sBureauofIndianAffairs.IIIHistoricalFigures:IVQuestionstoPonder:1WhyistheUnitedStatesknownasa“meltingpot”?2WhatfactorscausetheAmericanstomovefrequentlywithintheUnitedStates?3WhydomanyAmericansnow