Transcript U.S. and NC Geography

U.S. and NC Geography
Key Features and Regions
What is a REGION?
places that have similar
characteristics that make
them different from
surrounding areas
What are some things that
might define a region?
Different Types of Regions
 Vernacular Regions: imprecise, not a formal name for a region,
the sense of place that is revealed in ordinary people's language;
 examples: the southern part of NC,
 the far west
 Formal Region: precise, a formal name given to it
 Examples: The Piedmont Region, The Coastal Plain Region, The
Southeast, The Northeast, The Midwest
 Functional Regions: regions with similar activity
 Examples: The Corn Belt, The Rust Belt, a cell phone tower region,
an airplane route region, tobacco road
NC’S 3 Formal Geographic Regions
Atlantic Coastal Plain: Location
 NC’s Coastal Plain is a part of a larger plain that extends
down the east coast of the U.S.
 Coastal Plain known for it beaches
 This is Sunset Beach, NC
NC Outer Banks
Coastal Plain Loam Soil
Appalachian Mountains
NC Mountains: A Small Part of
Appalachian Mountain Chain
 Appalachian Mountains : Chief mountain system of eastern North America,
and oldest U.S. mountains.
Blue Ridge Mountains
 Eastern ranges of the Appalachian Mountain System, extending from southeastern
Pennsylvania to Northern Georgia. Grandfather mountain most famous. The name
comes from the blue tone of the forested slopes when seen at a distance.
Black Mountains :
A range of mountains in North Carolina that includes Mt. Mitchell, Mount Craig, and
Balsam Cone, some of the highest peaks of the Appalachian Mountains. Those mountains are
a part of Pisgah National Forest, northeast of Asheville.
Great Smoky Mountains
 Form the boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina. They got their name from
the misty haze that often hovers.
Piedmont: red-clay soil and rolling hills
Regions
Resources
Affect on
Settlement
Affect on Economy
Mountains
Rocky soil; cold
weather; lots of
gems and minerals;
animals; lakes
Hard to farm because of People worked with
rocky soil and cold
minerals and gems,
weather; hard to get to some farming, fishing,
hunting
Piedmont
Rocky red-clay soil,
lots of building
materials , rolling
hills, lots of good rivers
Hilly and hard to reach, People used building
smaller farms because
materials for trade,
of rocky soil
people fished in rivers,
farming
Coastal Plain
Good loam soil, flat
Easy to get to and easy
land, moderate weather to farm
Lots of big farms,
fishing
U.S. Geographic Features
Southeast
Northeast
Midwest
Southwest
Northwest
climate
warmhumidmoderate
cold with
cooler
summers
Upper
Mw=cooler
climate
Hot and dry
Marine (rainy
and cool), very
cold in places
terrain
Flat coastal
plains and
piedmont,
few
mountains ,
fertile soil
rocky soil,
small mtns on
coast
Fertile soil,
rocky soil
around Rocky
Mountains
Desert-like in
places, rocky,
dry soil
Wet,
mountainous,
rocky
landforms
Coastal
plain, App.
Mtns,
Intercoastal
Waterway,
Gulf Coast,
Hudson River,
Erie Canal,
App. Mtns,
Intercoastal
Waterway
Great Lakes,
Great Plains ,
Missouri River,
Mississippi
River, Ohio
River
Grand Canyon, Rocky Mtns,
Rio Grande
Olympic Mtns,
River,
Colorado
River, Mohave
Desert, Sierra
Nevada Mtns.,
Rocky Mtns,
Salt Lake
states
NC, SC, VA,
AL, FL, GA,
NY,NJ,VT,ME, MI,WI,OH,IL, AZ,TX,NM,
CT,RI,NH
KS, MO,
NV,CA
CA,WA,OR,
MN, CO,SD,
Climate Map
Immigration Human Characteristics
Populations in regions
 http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/
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Asian Immigration
 Many Chinese immigrated to the U.S. (California mainly)
between 1870-1890 due to the Industrial Revolution in
search of jobs and because of the California Gold Rush.
 Nativist Americans complained that Chinese were cutting in
on “their” gold and taking away American jobs. This led to the
Chinese Exclusion Act which banned Chinese immigration
for 10 years.
Political views change over time
 http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-
college/map/historic.html#1976
Lack of deep water ports limits NC’s
slave populations
Lack of roads and infrastructure limits
NC’s growth
 1600s-early 1700s: Few counties are created in Carolina, and
Lords Proprietors cannot convince people to move here
because:
 Poor roads, lack of deep ports, and high taxes. Not to
mention they had no way to protect anyone from Indian
attacks or pirate attacks . (Tuscarora War, 1711)
 Plus, lots of political conflict going on: Anglicans and
Quakers conflict leads to Cary’s Rebellion in 1712
Policies are human characteristics that
can affect migration and immigration
too: Indian Removal Act, 1830s
 http://www.history.com/topics/trail-of-tears