Map Project #3

North America

due week of Feb 20th

blank maps:
Physical
Political

Use the map in your Mapping Workbook on page 45, 49, or 52. If using page 46 for the physical features, please do not use page 45 for the cultural features.

1. Identify the following states and provinces (you may use postal code abbreviations):
Alabama
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
Delaware
Kansas
Kentucky
Manitoba
Massachusetts
Montana
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
North Dakota
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Oregon
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
South Carolina
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Yukon

2. Identify the following cities:
(Must be accurate to within 125 miles and, if applicable, on the coast or river)

Anchorage
Atlanta
Boston
Calgary
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Edmonton
Honolulu
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis-St Paul
Montréal
New Orleans
New York
Ottawa
Phoenix
Portland
Reno
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Francisco
St. Louis
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington D.C.
Winnipeg

3.Using the table on page 50 in your workbook, look at the poverty rate in U.S. States. (The rate for South Dakota, which was omitted, is 10.2%) For Canada, use the data table below. Classify the states and provinces into 4 categories: 5.6-8.7%, 8.8-11.8%, 11.9-14.9%, and 15-18% poverty rate.¹ Using a color ramp like in the examples below, with colored pencils or crayons, color in the states and provinces.  Use the lightest color for areas with the least % poor and the darkest color for those the most % poor. ²

 This table shows the percentage of those in "low income." According to Statistics Canada, "A person in low income is someone whose family income falls below Statistics Canada’s low income cut-offs (LICOs). The cut-offs reflect an income level at which a family is likely to spend significantly more of its income on food, shelter and clothing than the average family." (Income In Canada. 2003. 75-202-XIE, Chapter VIII. available at http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/75-202-XIE/75-202-XIE2003000.htm). Data for Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut were not available.

Province	% low income  in 2002
Alberta	9.3
British Columbia	16
Manitoba	12.2
New Brunswick	9.7
Newfoundland	11.4
Nova Scotia	9.9
Ontario	10.7
Prince Edward Island	7.3
Quebec	12.3
Saskatchewan	8.6
data from the above-referenced publication

¹ These categories were derived from dividing the range of the poverty rates (12.4) by the desired number of categories (4).
² A spreadsheet program like Excel can help in ordering the states and provinces by poverty rate.

Use the map in your Mapping workbook on either page 46, 45, 49, 52. If using page 46 for the physical features, please do not use page 45 for the cultural features. You can use colors to demarcate areas (mountain ranges, etc.)

1. Identify the following landforms:

Adirondack Mountains
Alaska Range
Appalachian Mountains
Baffin Island
Brooks Range
Cascade Range
Coast Mountains
Colorado Plateau
Grand Canyon
Mojave Desert
Ozark Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Teton Range

2. Identify the following waterways:

Colorado River
Columbia River/Snake River
Mackenzie River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Ohio River
Rio Grande River
St. Lawrence River
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Baffin Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Hudson Bay
Great Salt Lake
Great Slave Lake
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Lake Winnipeg
Bering Strait

3. These are not exactly purely physical sites, but they fit nicely on this map. For these areas you will need to look in an atlas or try an online site like yahoo maps, mapblast or mapquest.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Everglades National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lake Okeechobee
Niagara Falls (waterfall)
Puget Sound
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park

These projects will be graded pass/fail on completeness, neatness and punctuality. It is worth 1% of your final grade. See the syllabus for information on do-overs and late projects.