Lesson 20 of 84 · U.S. Regions
⭐ 30 XP🗺️ Atlas OutpostMountain Ranges of the U.S.
The Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario — form the largest freshwater lake group in the world, bordering eight U.
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Navigate the world like an explorer with a question.
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Where you live shapes how you live — more than you think.
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🤯 Russia spans 11 time zones. You could leave on Monday and arrive on Tuesday without traveling for a day.
Then & Now
🌍 The geography you'll learn is the same one your phone's GPS is using right now.
The Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario — form the largest freshwater lake group in the world, bordering eight U.S. states and Ontario, Canada.
Key Facts
Climate differs from weather.
Natural resources are limited.
Geography affects how people live.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2What does a physical map show?
Why this still matters
Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find where everything in your fridge came from this week.
For the dinner table
“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”
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