Customs, Religions, and Ethnic groups- Christian, Jewish, Lutheran, Catholic,

etc.Identify and Locate- Major landforms- Rocky Mountains, Great

Basin, Mt. Ranier, etc.Major natural resources- Fishing (fish & crabs),

Mining (coal & copper), Farming (coffee & cotton).

Weather- Sunny, snowy, rainy, warm, cold, etc.A lot of people go to live there because it gets

really warm in the summer.

Biggest cities- Los Angeles (3,831,868) San Diego (1,306,300) San Jose (964,695) Landforms & Resources- Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, etc. Coal & Copper, Fish & Crabs. Compass Location- The West is west to the Midwest, and west of the Northeast, and

it is the farthest west region in the U.S. Latitude & Longitude for L.A.- 34 degrees 3’ 8” N/ 118 degrees 14’ 34” W A lot of people chose to live in The west of preferably Los Angeles

is because it borders The ocean and it’s warm and sunny.

Economic Issues- The unemployment rate is about 11.1% The salary is going up about 0.4% Climate affecting the settlement- Many people want to live there because it has

California and that has Holly Wood and it’s warm most of the time.

Pollution- If there is pollution in the ocean, that could have a

drastic amount of resources that they have to use, since one of their major resources is fish, crabs, etc.

Why people live where they live- If people like the beautiful views from the Rocky

Mountains, they might choose to live in Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming. Or for Hawaii, the volcano’s.

Transportation of goods- The goods are transported by plane, car, truck(highway),

or by a boat/cruise on a river. Traditions & Customs- In California they celebrate celebrities birthdays Transportation routes interrupted- If there was a bad storm and the planes couldn’t fly, they

would have to have whatever was going in the plane go in a car or boat.

Major tourist attractions- Holly Wood, Rocky Mountains, Disney Land,

Volcano’s in Hawaii, etc. Interesting characteristics- Most of the states are bordering the Pacific

Ocean. Economic impact on the U.S.- Alaska catches a lot of fish, and a lot of

people go to see Holly Wood, so it gains a lot of taxes and money for the government.

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