The United States and Canada

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The United States and Canada

• Regions
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Perceptual Regions
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The Northeast

• New England and the Middle Atlantic states
• Gateway center of history, major ports
• Once center of manufacturing (secondary), now
  more service and tourism (tertiary) and bio-tech
  (quaternary)
• Humid continental

The Catskills, NY
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Megalopolis

• Continuous urban corridor
• Densely settled area along Atlantic coast
• Example of functional region NYC is hub
  (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and
  Staten Island)
• Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
  D.C.

BosNyPhiBaWash! Megalopolis
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Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan
Manhattan skyline before Sept. 11 and today
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Replica of HMS Bounty in Boston Harbor.
Colin Powell at the Liberty Bell in
Philadelphia.
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The Midwest

• Americas Heartland, midwestern values
• Flat, fertile land and cities on waterways good
  for farming
• Humid continental

Chicago on Lake Michigan
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The MIDWest

• Great Plains wheat belt, semiarid grassland
• Corn and dairy belts
• Farms declining due to high cost of living and
  foreign competition (push)
• Government pays subsidies () to keep farmers in
  business

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Agriculture

• Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas
  healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be
  growing into leafy stalks by late June (when this
  photo was taken). Wheat is a brilliant gold as
  harvest occurs in June.
• The circular crop fields are a characteristic of
  center pivot irrigation.
• The image is centered near 37.4 degrees N
  latitude, 100.9 degrees W longitude. The 'grid'
  in which the fields are laid out runs
  north-south/west-east and the dark angled line is
  U.S. Route 56.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileCrops_Kansas_AST
  _20010624.jpg

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Industry

• Traditional center of US manufacturing
  (secondary)
• Detroit motor city
• Chicago is hub
• Declining due to foreign competition (push)
• From steel belt to rust belt, leads to crime

Detroit
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The South

• Nations population is shifting south and west to
  the sun belt
• Less developed and better climate (pull)
• Cotton textiles, oil, tourism
• Atlanta is hub
• Humid subtropical
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Atlantas Olympic stadiums
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Zydeco music, Cajun, New Orleans
Spindletop- site of famous Texas gusher, 1901
Cotton harvest
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Navajo Nation, Arizona
The West
Rocky Mts. tourism, highland Desert Southwest
Native Indian influence, semiarid, desert
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California

• Most populated and fastest growing state
• Mediterranean climate
• Farming, climate, ocean ports (pull)
• L.A. industry, tourism, aerospace, trade,
  Hollywood
• Water scarcity and high cost of living are push
  factors.

Californias famous Napa Valley wine country
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Death Valley, CA
Golden Gate, San Francisco
Jackie Chan gets a star in Hollywood
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The Pacific

• Washington and Oregon
• Seattle
• fishing and forestry
• Microsoft and Starbucks, environmental activism
• Marine West Coast

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• Hawaii hot spots, fruit, sugar, tourism
• tropical wet
• Alaska low pop. Density, fishing forestry, oil
• Subarctic, tundra

Mt. McKinley, Alaska
Hana Falls, Maui
Hawaii, black sand beach
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By 2030, More Than Half of all Youth Will Be
Members of a Racial or Ethnic Minority.
Percent of Youth Ages 15-24, United States 2008,
2030, and 2050
Non-Hispanic. Source PRB analysis of data from
U.S. Census Bureau.
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In One-Third of U.S. Counties, at Least 25
Percent of Children Live in Poverty.
Source Population Reference Bureau, analysis of
data from U.S. Census Bureau.
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CANADA

• Parliamentary Democracy legislative and
  executive combined in Parliament
• Prime Minister chosen by Parliament
• Pop. clustered along US border, Great Lakes and
  St. Lawrence
• English and French, most people bilingual

Canadian Parliament, Ottawa
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The Atlantic Provinces

• Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
  Newfoundland
• Rugged terrain, severe weather small pop.
  (push)
• Ocean fishing, forestry
• Similar to New England

Nova Scotia
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The Core/Heartland

• Ontario Ottawa is national capitol
• Center of industry, similar to Midwest
• Quebec French region, some in Quebec feel it
  should separate from Canada and become its own
  country
• Regionalism/Sectionalism loyalty to region
  above country
• Largest region

Toronto, Ontario
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Prairie Provinces

• Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
• Breadbasket, wheat
• Mineral oil, diamonds
• extension of and similar to Great Plains

Saskatchewan
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Manitoba
Jasper National Park, Alberta
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British Columbia
Whistler Mountain

• Pacific, Rocky Mts.
• Fishing and forestry, tourism
• Vancouver port city, Asian influence
• Similar to Washington and Oregon

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The Territories

• Yukon, Northwest, Nunavut
• HARSH climate, few people no need for more
  formal govt.
• Mining, fishing, forestry
• Inuit (Nunavut)
• Similar to Alaska

Nunavut