Chapter 1 Lesson 2Exploring New York

Topic: Exploring New YorkDate: 9//13Source: TB p. 18-24Niagara Falls: the land around Niagara Falls became the first NY state park

Finger Lakes: 11 lakes shaped like fingers and formed by glaciers

Gorge: valley with very steep, rocky sides

Adirondack Mountains: 42 mountains more than 4,000 feet high

Hudson River: begins as a stream in the Adirondack Mountains and flows south 315 miles to the Atlantic Ocean

Tributary: stream or river that flows into a larger river

Estuary: an arm of the sea

Long Island: is very long (120 miles long)

Montauk Point: eastern tip of Long Island

Lake ErieLake Ontario

• Two of the world’s biggest lakes that border NY

• Part of a group of 5 lakes called “the Great Lakes”

Theodore Roosevelt: loved nature and wanted to protect it

Chapter 1 Lesson 3Where is New York?

Vocabulary

• Hemisphere: half of Earth–Hemispheres make it easier to study our

planet

• Western Hemisphere: where New York is located – There are also Eastern, Northern, and

Southern hemispheres

Vocabulary

• Continents: largest land areas on Earth• North America: New York is located on this

continent– Other continents:• South America• Africa• Europe• Asia• Australia• Antarctica

Vocabulary

• Region: an area with features that make it different from other areas– 5 regions in the United States• Northeast• Southeast• Midwest• Southwest• West

• Physical features: features of land, such as rivers and mountains

Vocabulary

• Human feature: something built by humans– Example: city

• Culture: a group of people’s way of life

• Neil deGrasse Tyson: a scientist who runs a planetarium in New York City