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Unit 1 The United States of America 1. The United States is bordered on the north by Canada, on the south by Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. 2. According to the text, the large territory of the continental US is divided into three basic areas: A. The Atlantic Seacoast west to the Appalachians; B. The Mississippi River Basin; C. The Rockies west to the Pacific; Unit 2 American population 3. The first blacks arrived in Jamestown in 1619 as indentured servants, but soon after 1619 they were brought to colonies as slaves. Th