SPACES IN AMERICA.

Which one of these two mountain ranges is in the East? * The Appalachians* The Rockies Appalachian

Mountains = 100 to 300 miles (160 to 480 km) wide, and 1,500 miles long (2.400km) ... Fr = 1,000km from N-S)

Rocky Mountains =3,000 miles long (4.800 km)

What was the Old East? The space encompassed by the thirteen colonies...

Where was the “Midwest” located? territories acquired by the Northwest Ordinance (1787 – English cession of lands).= the region south of the Great Lakes, and north and west of the Ohio River.Also called: NorthWest, MidAmerica, Heartland.

The Great Plains

Vast zones of prairie and steppe (low vegetation).

Approximately 1,300,000 km2. They are about 500 miles large (800 km) - and 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long.

Were the home to American bison herds (troupeaux) until the mid 19th c.

Unknown territories westwards, including visions of adventure and human violence : cowboys, Natives, outlaws, gunfights, duels (to challenge sbdy to a duel), gold rushes and murders... cf. movies : Unforgiven (C. Eastwood), Pale Rider, Wyatt Earp, ... Space of wild / free animals and nature, from buffalos to Grand Canyon and breath-taking sceneries Land of opportunities, gold rush...Discovery

The Wild West: what it vehicles...

The mythical « Stagecoach », by John Ford, starring John Wayne(1939).A part of the film was shot in the Death Valley, placing the plot amisdt a « virginal and untouched nature ».