Territories of the United States

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/territories-of-the-united-states

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Primarily insular areas in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
2. What is the incorporated territory?Palmyra Atoll
3. What are U.S. territories?They are places the United States controls that are not states, like islands in the Pacific and Caribbean.
4. Which U.S. territories have people living on them?Five territories have people living there: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Insular Area: A U.S. territory that is an island or group of islands, governed by the U.S.
Unincorporated Territory: A territory where the U.S. Constitution does not fully apply, with powers derived from Congress.
Sovereignty: The supreme power or authority to govern a territory or people.
Indigenous: Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.