United States Territories Alaska Hawaii By Hannah Jones SB1 SB1

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United StatesUnited States TerritoriesTerritories

AlaskaAlaskaHawaiiHawaii

United StatesUnited States TerritoriesTerritories

AlaskaAlaskaHawaiiHawaii

By Hannah JonesBy Hannah JonesSB1SB1

By Hannah JonesBy Hannah JonesSB1SB1

Territories Territories

There is other land that the USA owns that are not

states.

List of Territories owned List of Territories owned by US by US

Puerto Rico

Guam

The Virgin Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

American Samoa

AlaskaAlaska

StatsPopulation:731,449

Governor : Sean ParnellRepresentative: Donald Young

Area: 663,300 sq.milesCapital: Junea

Alaska's HistoryAlaska's History

Alaska was purchased in 1867 from Russia. It became a U.S. Territory in 1912. No one thought it was a good idea to buy it. They thought is was just a big block of ice that we spent so much money on. Seward turned out to be right buying it when they found a whole bunch of gold up there.

Alaska's GeographyAlaska's GeographyAlaska is bordered by different water sources. North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean

Alaska is made up of lots of ice, snow, mountains, and glaciers.

It's tallest mountain is Mount McKinley, at 20,320 feet.

The longest river is the Yukon river.

The largest island is Kodiak, in the Gulf of Alaska, with 3,588 square miles.

HawaiiHawaii

StatsPopulation: 1.392 million

Governor:Neil AbercrombieRepresentatives: Tulsi Gabbard,

Colleen HanabusaArea: 6,423.4 sq. mi.

Capital: Honolulu

Hawaii's HistoryHawaii's HistoryInterest in Hawaii started around 1820s

QUEEN LILIUOKALANI

Americans overthrew the queen and took over Hawaii.

Lots of American have moved there

It was a perfect place for a military port

Hawaii's GeographyHawaii's GeographyHawaii's highest point is Mauna Kea at 13,796 feet.

Six main islands

Volcanos

Beaches

Tropical climate

Lots of tropical vegetation

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