Civics_Ch14_info

=**Chapter 14 Aspects of Pennsylvania Internet Guide**=

__Directions__: Use your Internet guide and this site to complete key aspects of Pennsylvania.

The first part of this activity is to use your map of Pennsylvania to put in some of the key features. Use the map below to mark the key rivers on your map. The rivers are drawn, you just have to label.
 * PART 1: Geography:**

Next, use the map below to mark the key roads as directed on below this road map of PA. You'll need to draw in the roads yourself and then label them.
 * Draw and label I-76 ("I" stands for Interstate...the red, white, and blue signs are all interstates, which means the federal government is in charge of those roads. The other routes that are the keystone symbol are PA state roads, which means PennDOT - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation - takes care of those roads). I-76 is better known as the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
 * Draw and label I-79, the major interstate through Pittsburgh.
 * Draw and label I-81, the major interstate in eastern through central PA.
 * Draw and label I-80, the major interstate that runs east to west in northern PA
 * Did you notice that odd number interstates run north and south while even number interstates run east and west? They are like that on purpose!
 * Draw and label Route 219.
 * Draw and label Route 30.

Next, use the map below to mark the key cities on your map. The dots on your map represent the cities you have to label. To help you out, you need to label Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Central City, Erie, Titusville, Ligonier, Bedford, Altoona, State College, Harrisburg (our state capital), Philadelphia, and Allentown.

Draw and label the Appalachian Mountains (the major mountain range in the eastern U.S. and the Allegheny Mountains which are the western slopes of the Appalachian range. The maps below should serve as a guide. In case your struggling on where to put them, we do live in the Allegheny region and these are the mountains that divided Somerset and Bedford Counties, which led to the formation of Somerset County as you should remember from last chapter.

There are several national parks in PA run by the National Park Service. Label the park symbols on your PA map. S is for state park and N is for national park Label the following:
 * National park - **Flight 93 Memorial** located in Somerset County where passengers fought back against terrorists on September 11, 2001 helping to bring the hijacked plane down over the fields in Shanksville keeping the terrorists from reaching their target, which was the Capitol building.
 * National park - **1889 Johnstown Flood Memorial** located in South Fork, PA just north of Johnstown. In 1889 the South Fork dam burst and the water rushed down in the valley of Johnstown flooding the town. The citizens of Johnstown worked to rebuild the city into one of the nation's powerful iron and steel towns.
 * National park - **Valley Forge**, located near Philadelphia where General George Washington and the Continental Army spent a very harsh winter during the Revolutionary War.
 * National park - **Independence** (the N on your map is just above the marking for Philadelphia) is located in Philadelphia and is where one can visit Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was written and where the Constitution was written from the Constitutional Convention.
 * National park - **Fort Necessity**, located in Fayette County where George Washington and his militia were forced to retreat during the French and Indian War having quickly built the fort for protection.
 * National park - **Gettysburg** - location of the turning point of the Civil War.
 * State park - **Point Park**, located in Pittsburgh where Fort Pitt (and Fort Duquesne) were located.
 * State park - **Kinzua Bridge State Park** located in McKean County (northern part of PA) which was the highest railroad bridge until it was knocked down by a tornado.
 * State park - **Pennsylvania Grand Canyon** - Pine Creek Gorge in Tioga County (northern part of PA, east of Kinzua Bridge state park) with Colton Point on the west and Leonard Harrison park on the east.
 * State park - **Presque Isle** - located near Erie and is known as PA's "seashore." It was originally inhabited by the Eriez Nation, which was defeated by the Iroquois in the 1600s. In the War of1812 Commodore Oliver H. Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie and sent his famous message saying "We have met the enemy, and they are ours."

Click here to move on to part 2