2. Location
Relative: East of Illinois is Indiana, North of Illinois is
Wisconsin, West of Illinois is Iowa and Missouri, South
of Illinois is Kentucky and Missouri.
Absolute: Springfield (capital city) 39º 83' North and
89º 64' West
3. Regions
1: The area codes for Illinois are
217, 309, 312
618, 630, 708, 773, 815, 847
2. Illinois is in the west region of the
United States
4. Place
Landmark: Adler planetarium, Chicago
board of trade building, Fort Sheridan
Historic district, Lincoln Tomb, Wrigley
Field, Shedd aquarium, Sears Tower, and
John Hancock.
10. Movement (continued)
Airports
* Waukegan Regional airport
* O'Hare International airport
* Gary airport
* Rockford International airport
* St. Louis downtown airport
* St.Louis Regional airport
12. Human/Environment
Interaction
Adapt: In the summer Illinois goes to Lake
Michigan to cool off. In the winter we dress
warmer and stay indoors.
Modify: Bridges were built over the Chicago
river, Mississippi river, Kankakee river, and the
Des Plaines river to connect the land to help with
importing and exporting from region to region.
Interstates such as I-55, I-51, I-90 were also
built to help with the transportation of goods.
13. Human/EnvironmentInteraction
Depend: the majority of the population in
Illinois depend on Lake Michigan for
drinking water. Grow crops like soybeans
and corn.
Minerals, petroleum, lead, fluorite, and
coal are some natural resources.