The New York Public Library Amazing U.S. Geography: A Book of Answers for Kids

by The New York Public Library; Andrea Sutcliffe

• ISBN13: 9780471265191
• ISBN10: 0471265195
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The New York Public Library AMAZING U.S. GeographyFollow a chinook over the Rocky Mountains. Trace the course of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Discover where gold is mined and fish are farmed in the United States. Explore our fascinating nation from Alabama to Wyoming, and find answers to all your questions about U.S. geography...Where is the highest waterfall in the United States? See page 33. What is a sand sea? See page 40. Why does California have so many earthquakes? See page 41. Why are people from new England called Yankees? See page 69. How many U.S. presidents were born in Ohio? See page 89. Where did the Santa Fe Trail begin? See page 96. How large is mammoth Cave in Kentucky? See page 108. How hot are the Hot Springs in Arkansas? See page 116.Also in The New York Public Library Answer Books series:Incredible Earth Amazing Space Amazing African American History Amazing Hispanic American History Amazing Women in American History Amazing Mythology Amazing Explorers Amazing Scientists

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
I. The United States as a Nation	3	(62)
The United States in the World	5	(12)
Weather and Climate in the United States	17	(12)
Land and Water in the United States	29	(18)
People and Places in the United States	47	(18)
II. The States	65	(86)
New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut)	67	(8)
The Mid-Atlantic (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland)	75	(12)
The Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas)	87	(16)
The South (the District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas)	103	(18)
The Southwest (Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona)	121	(8)
The West (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Hawaii)	129	(12)
The Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Alaska)	141	(10)
Glossary	151	(4)
Selected Bibliography	155	(2)
The New York Public Library's Recommended Reading List	157	(2)
Internet Resources	159	(2)
Index	161