Exercise 1:
Print out the worksheet and find an altas.
Using the climate information in your atlas and the information from the text, mark the major growing areas in North America for:
- maize/sweetcorn (orange),
- wheat (red),
- soya bean (magenta)
- cotton (green)
on your map.
Once you have done this, compare your results with the crop maps from the online atlas of the United States:
 http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/NatlasStart.asp
Click on the + of agriculture and select the crop (soybean, cotton, corn, wheat),
then click on "50 states" and here comes your map (1997 data). Continue with the other crops.
Use the "zoom in" function for more detail, add "streams and waterbodies" and decide if this is helpful or not.
Use the print function (best for a color printer) and make your own selection of maps.
(Our worksheet was made with the Diercke Weltatlas. The online map will give slightly different results).
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