[GEOG 301] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (63 pages long!)

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Geography lecture notes exam 1 (50 questions multiple choice & t/f) **memorize where all the states are & their postal codes! United states is the 3rd largest country in the world in terms of both area and population (313,000,000) Largest metropolitan area: new york (19. 3 million) Economy: largest, most technologically powerful in the world. 1492: christopher columbus discovered new world of western hemisphere. 1607: jamestown, virginia is 1st english settlement in america. 1620: plymouth colony est. by pilgrims in massachusetts. 1773: boston tea party protesting taxation by british king george. 1800: capital moved from philadelphia to washington dc. 1804: lewis and clark expedition explored louisiana territory. 1820: missouri compromise a negotiated way to add states to union. 1828: 1st public railroad in the us. 1860: civil war between the states began with secession of south carolina from the us. 1865: civil war ends with defeat of south (confederate states of america). 1867: the us purchased alaska from russia.

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