Seminar 13 THE WEST The United States is

Seminar 13 THE WEST

The United States is a SYSTEM that can be broken into 5 major parts or regions. Northeast Region Midwest Region Southeast Region Southwest Region West Region

Tasks 1. Basing on the nicknames define the following states and write their capitals. 1. “The Great Canyon State” 2. “The Golden State” 3. “The Top of the Nation” 4. ”The Aloha State” 5. “The Gem State” 6. “Bid Sky Country” 7. “Land Of Silver and Sagebrush” 8. "The Land of Enchantment" ("Tierra del Encanto“) 9. “The Pacific Wonderland”” 10. “The Land of Rainbow Canyons” 11. “Evergreen State” 12. “The Cowboy State” 13. “The Last Frontier” 2. What are the most important peculiarities of the states given above?

Tasks 3. Describe the physico-geographical features of the West analyzing the maps on slides 3, 4, and 5. 4. Read the article “Drying of the West” taken from “National Geographic” and answer the following questions. 1. How are trees used to investigate climatological changes? 2. What trees are studied? 3. What unexpected results were achieved when the Colorado was investigated? 4. What was the reason of the Anasazi’s abandoning of dwellings in Mesa Verde? Who are the Anasazi? 5. What may be the future of the Colorado?