It shows one way of dividing the country into regions. Write the name of the time zone region for each city below. Physical forces such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and glaciers, help shape the land. Turn to maps of Alaska and Hawaii. Search the maps and look at nearby photography.
Geographers study human settlements, such as farms and cities.
They also study cultures, or ways of life. And geographers study how people change the environment and how they are changed by it. Use a map of land use in the United States to name the city that fits each description. This city near the Gulf of Mexico is surrounded by wetlands without widespread use. This city on a lake is ringed by grazing land.