2. Respond to parts A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
Identify ONE region of the United States that retained virgin forest in 1920 shown on the map.
Describe the change in the spatial pattern of virgin forests in the eastern United States between 1620 and 1850 shown on the maps.
Describe ONE method of geographic data collection a researcher could use to reconstruct historical forest cover from the 1600s.
Explain how the process of deforestation shown on the maps illustrates the concept of environmental possibilism.
Explain how the dark green areas on the 1620 map can be classified as a formal region.
Explain what a local scale of analysis might reveal about forest cover that is hidden at the national scale shown in the maps.
Explain a limitation of the maps in illustrating the environmental impact of human settlement in the United States.
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