Do Now

• What are three things you like and dislike about living in Mississippi? (Total of 6 things)

Do Now # 1

• Complete the Fast Facts about Mississippi WS using your book and/or internet on your phone. You will have 15 Minutes!

• It is on the brown book shelf in back of room!!

• Nickname: Magnolia State• Capital: Jackson• Motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)• # of Counties: 82 (you will know all of them )• Admitted to the Union: December 10, 1817• Time Zone: Central Standard• Bird: Mockingbird• Flower: Magnolia• Fish: Largemouth Bass• Tree: Magnolia• Song: Go Mississippi!• Insect: Honeybee• Land Mammal: White-Tailed Deer/Red Fox

1. North-South Distance is 350 miles2. East-West Distance is 180 miles3. Located between 30 and 34 degrees N latitude4. Located between 88 and 91 degrees W longitude5. Climate is humid subtropical6. Average of 50 in. of precipitation each year7. More than 220 frost free days8. Annual temperature is 62 degrees Fahrenheit9. Coldest month is January10.Has Nine major and two minor river systems

Quick facts in Chapter 1

M-I-Crooked Letter-Crooked Letter!!!!!

Living in the great state of Mississippi

5 Themes of Geography to understand Mississippi’s Natural Environment

1. Location- every feature has a “spot”*What is the location of Mississippi? There are many!!

2. Place- physical (climate, water resources, landforms) and human characteristics (languages, religions)* What are some physical and human characteristics of MS?

3. Human-Environmental Interaction- yes it is what it says!* How do we as Mississippians interact with our environment?

4. Movement- Ways we are linked with regions, cultures, people…* What feature of MS could help us to study movement?

5. Regions- Can have a single characteristic or a number of criteria* Can you name any of Mississippi’s regions?

Mississippi’s Geographic Regions

DeltaHills

Piney Woods

Gulf Coast

Location of Mississippi• Location can be either relative or absolute• Relative location- a place compared to other

places– Mississippi is bordered by?– Mississippi is bounded by?

• Absolute location- precise location on Earth, use latitude, longitude, and GPS. – What is the absolute location of Mississippi?

Absolute LocationBetween 30 and 35 degrees North latitudeBetween 88 and 91 degrees West longitude

Mississippi’s Natural EnvironmentClimate

•Humid Subtropical: Humid through most of the year and we see quite a lot of rain– This climate affects a number of things• People’s movement- Snow birds coming south

for year round activities (golf, fishing, the beach)• Warmer climate also affected the growth of

cotton and turned MS into an important cotton producing state

Mississippi’s Natural EnvironmentTemperature

•Average is 62 •Lowest temp. recorded in 1966: -19 •Highest temp. recorded in 1930: 115•January is the coldest month

Precipitation•Average is 52 inches a year•Coastal counties receive more•Most rainfall occurs in the winter•Humidity- 76% on the coast, 70% northern counties

Mississippi’s Natural Environment

Natural Hazards•Due to frequent weather changes– Tornadoes: spring and early summer (when warm

air from south meets cool air from the north)• Over the past 50 years-MS averages 24 a year

– Hurricanes: June to October• Two most powerful hurricanes in MS

– Camille in 1969– Katrina in 2005

Water Resources

• Surface water: MS uses it for irrigation and electric power– Major resource for the

paper industry

• Ground Water: By way of aquifers, it supplies water to most cities and towns

Rivers• Mississippi River:– Most of the Western

border of the state– Drains the interior of the

United States from the Appalachians to the Rockies

– Much of it is navigable (boats)

• Nine Major River Systems: – Drain into the MS River

• Yazoo River• Big Black• Bayou Pierre-Coles Creek• Homochitto River

– Drains South• Noxubee-Tombigbee• Pearl River• Amite River• Pascagoula River• Biloxi-Wolf-Jourdan River

Reservoirs• Designed primarily to assist in flood control• Six Major Reservoirs: – Pickwick Lake– Arkabutla Lake– Sardis Lake– Enid Lake– Grenada Lake– Ross Barnett

See also page 15 in your book!!!

Yazoo River

Big Black RiverPearl River

Pascagoula River

Noxubee-Tombigbee River

Using both of the texts answer the following questions

1. Explain using evidence from the text how a lack of snowfall in the Rocky Mountains could affect the economy in Mississippi.

2. Using textual evidence from the two texts, explain the effects and repercussions a drought could have on the Mississippi River.

3. Analyze how the Mississippi River has shaped American history and culture.

Do you know your State???1. What is the State’s nickname? 2. How many counties does MS have?3. What is MS relative location?4. What is the climate of MS?5. Which part of MS receives the most rainfall?6. Name the two most powerful hurricanes?7. How do MS’s towns and cities get water supply?8. What are the five largest rivers?9. Why were reservoirs built?10. What is the greatest college in Mississippi??