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Longest river

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Mississippi-Misouri

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Deepest lake

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Crater Lake in Oregon

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Highest point

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Mount McKinley in Alaska

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Lowest Point

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Death Valley in California

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Largest state

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Alaska

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Smallest state

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Rhode Island

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South Dakota

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  • the faces of 4 presidents carved on Mount Rushmore (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt)
  • crazy horse sculpted on nearby peak
  • Badlands
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Colorado

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  • Mesa Verde national park (green table) - 1400, 700 - lived, 1200 - lefts, Anasazi
  • rocky mountain national park,Colorado, longs peak - highest mountain
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WYOMING

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• Yellowstone national park, world’s 1st NP, 1872, Montana, Idaho, geysers, grizzly bears, black bears, elk, deer, antelope, moose, bison

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Arizona

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  • Grand Canyon, continuous erosion, 1979 - a World Heritage site
  • the Colorado River,
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Atlanta, Georgia

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  • coca-cola company
  • Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport - the world’s largest terminal complex, 2nd busiest
  • Georgia state university, Atlanta university, Georgia institute of technology, Emory university
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Atlanta, Georgia

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  • coca-cola company
  • Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport - the world’s largest terminal complex, 2nd busiest
  • Georgia state university, Atlanta university, Georgia institute of technology, Emory university
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Florida

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  • the Palm beaches
  • the Florida keys
  • Naples
  • Florida’s gold coast
  • Miami, coral gables, key Biscayne, Miami beach, Palm beach
  • st Augustine (oldest city in US)
  • Walt Disney World (Orlando)
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New Orleans, Louisiana

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  • main cotton market
  • French and Creole cuisine
  • original Dixie-land jazz
  • the old French quarter (buildings that have more than 200 years)
  • Jackson Square (surrounded by st.louis basilica, cabildo, pontalba buildings)
  • crescent city
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San Francisco, California

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  • 1906 - heavy earthquake, April 18
  • October 17, 1989 - earthquake
  • first cable car
  • the Golden Gate Bridge
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San Diego, California

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  • 1769
  • Old Town
  • the great bay - home to largest concentrations of US navy
  • Balboa park (largest zoo in the world)

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