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2. Use maps to identify the location of a. the three largest countries of North America b. the 50 states of the United States c. the Rocky and Appalachian mountain systems d. the Mississippi, Rio Grande and St. Lawrence rivers e. the Great Lakes

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	Where's That US State? http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/games/game_wheres_that_us_state.html This is a neat game from FunSchool that the students can play right on the web page. The game gives you a map of the US, and then gives you the name of each state one at a time. You then need to click on that state. A timer keeps track of how long it takes to complete all 50 states.	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate
	GeoSense Game http://www.geosense.net/ GeoSense is an online geography based game. You play by yourself or compete against an online opponent to place a city on a map as quickly and accurately as you can. The maps include the United States, Europe, and the World. A fun and effective way of improving place name geography skills. There are no ads, banners, fees, etc, although you do have to make up a username and password to play.	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate
	History Scene Investigators - PBS History Detectives http://pbskids.org/historydetectives/games/hsi/ This online game combines interactive Google maps with historical clues, images, and audio to see if you can identify the location of famous events, landmarks, places, and geographic features.	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate
	United States Interactive Map http://www.mrnussbaum.com/stateimageindex.htm This is an interactive map of the United States. When you click on any state, you get info about it including flag, capital, population, area, motto, and much more. Then you can click a "Home Page" link to go to an interactive map specific to that state with even more information.	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate
	Conquer the States Game http://www.mrnussbaumgames.com/usgame3/index.html In this online game you have 60 seconds to identify as many states as you can on a map of the U.S. The state names are displayed randomly. (Requires Flash)	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate
	Mapping Our World http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/mappingourworld/mapping_our_world/index.htm This great site has nine interactive activities all about maps. In Lesson 1 there are three activites that introduce students to maps and the globe. In Lesson 2 the three activities deal with the idea of projections. They present some of the most popular examples and analyze their similarities and differences. In the final lesson, there are three activities that investigate how different projections and orientations affect our view of the world. (Requires Flash)	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate
	StateMaster - Identification Information http://www.statemaster.com/cat/ide-identification StateMaster is a fantastic site for statistics on all topics concerning the United States. The information is nicely arranged by topic and can be viewed as totals, per capita, bar graphs, pie charts, or maps. Best yet, the site allows you to see correlations (both positve and negative) between different statistical topics. This allows users to investigate relationships, causes, and effects. This specific topic deals with state identification information.	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate
	Geography Quiz from ThatQuiz http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practice.html?americas_geography This is a great interactive online quiz about identifying places on a map. You can choose different quizzes including states of the US, as well as areas in other countries.	Report problem w/ this link Add resource to POW-PAK	By: Eric Curts - Edit - Duplicate