Regions of California

Scott ForesmanUnit 1 – lesson 3

How are the areas of California Different

Key Vocabulary in Key Vocabulary in Lesson 3Lesson 3

regionregion

landformlandform

capitalcapital

coastcoast

desertdesert

mountainsmountains

central valleycentral valley

Can You Name The Regions?

What is the name of this region?

If you said…

You would be correct!

Can you name this region?

If you said …

You would be right!

What about this What about this region?region?

If you said …If you said …

You are You are Amazing!Amazing!

This one’s This one’s tricky…tricky…

Did you say …Did you say …

You are an amazingly

brilliant person!

Good Work

How many How many regions regions

are there?are there?

There are fourMountainMountain

DesertDesertValleyValleyCoastCoast

Which Which region can region can be found be found

next to the next to the Pacific Pacific Ocean?Ocean?

The The Coastal Coastal

region of region of course!course!

Which region Which region helps supply helps supply most of the most of the states water states water

supply?supply?

You might be You might be surprised to surprised to

learn that it isn’t learn that it isn’t the coastal the coastal

region. region. It’s the It’s the mountainmountain

region!region!

Which region Which region is responsible is responsible for most of the for most of the

U.S.’s U.S.’s agricultural agricultural

needs?needs?

Yes! It’s the Yes! It’s the ValleyValley or or

sometimes sometimes called the called the

Central Valley.Central Valley.

Which region produces a

great deal of Wind Power

for the state of California?

Which region produces a

great deal of Wind Power

for the state of California?

You can find You can find more wind more wind

turbines in our turbines in our desertdesert areas areas than in any than in any other state.other state.

What is the name of the city where California’s

State Capital is located?

What is the name of the city where California’s

State Capital is located?

The State Capital is located in …

Our state Our state capital is capital is

located in the located in the Central Valley Central Valley of Californiaof California

Can you think of some resources that we may find

in each of the regions we have discussed in this

lesson?

Can you think of some resources that we may find

in each of the regions we have discussed in this

lesson?