The Great Lakes and Major River Systems

Geography and Physical Landforms of North America

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Identify the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Rio Grande, St. Lawrence River, and Colorado River and describe their geographic significance.

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Geography and Physical Landforms of North America

3rd Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

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Identify and locate the major landforms, bodies of water, and physical regions of North America using map skills and geographic tools.

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4.T1.1Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

On a physical map of North America, use cardinal directions, map scales, key/legend (symbols for mountains, rivers, deserts, lakes, cities), and title to locate and identify important physical features (e.g., Mississippi and Rio Grande Rivers, Great Lakes, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Hudson’s Bay, Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Madre, the Great Basin, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, the Yucatan Peninsula, the Caribbean Sea).