Transcript United States and Canada

Unit 3: The United
States and Canada
Warm-up 10/13- What physical
features do you think are
important in Canada?
Create a KWL chart in
your notebooks on
page 33.
K-Know
W-Want to know
L- What we learned
The United States
and Canada
• What do the words “the United States” bring to
mind??
The United States
and Canada
• The images are endless for the land that offers so many
opportunities.
• The United States is a land of many cultures and
peoples.
• The country is also known for its varied landscape of
big, cities, rugged mountains, wide plains, and forests
that cover vast stretches of land.
The United States
and Canada
• The U.S. is a mix of bustling urban areas and rural
agriculture.
• Megalopolis- a term used to describe the eastern coast
of the United States
• Megalopolis- a very large, heavily populated city or
urban complex.
The United States
and Canada
• Begin labeling your United States and Canada maps!!!!
Exit Ticket
• Write down what you know about various cultures that
contribute to the larger American culture.
• Which culture do you believe has had the most
influence on the United States.
Homework
• Pages 117-122, #1-4 on page 122
Warm-up 10/14
• “I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I
carry the flag. Canadian
nationalism isn't as insidious as
American nationalism, though.
It's good natured. It's all about
maple syrup, not war.”
• Answer the questions on your
warm-up paper based on this
quote.
• Label your United States and Canada maps.
Warm-up 10/16- answer the
questions from Wednesday
based on this picture… we will
come back to Thursday later
today.
Warm-up
1. What landmark is this?
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The CN Tower, originally known as the Canadian National
2. Where is it located?
1.
Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3. Which culture created it?
1.
Canadians
4. Why/when was this landmark created?
1.
Completed in 1976
5. What defining characteristics standout to you?
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Tallest freestanding structure in the western hemisphere
Landforms
Eastern
Lowlands
• Flat coastal plain- runs along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico
• One section- Atlantic Coastal Plain
• The Gulf Coastal Plan stretches along the Gulf of Mexico
Various landforms
The Appalachian • Appalachian Mts. found here
Highlands
• Green and Catskill Mts. in the North
• Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mts. in the South
Interior
Lowlands
• Flattened by huge glaciers
• Terrain includes lowlands, rolling hills, thousands of lakes and rivers,
and fertile soil
• 3 sub regions: interior plains, great plains, and the Canadian shield
• Canadian shield- rocky, mainly flat area that covers the area around
the Hudson Bay
Western
Mountains,
Plateaus, and
Basins
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Islands
• Canada- icy islands near the Arctic Circle- Ellesmere, Victoria, and
Baffin
Rocky Mts.
Continental divide- the line of highest points in the Rockies
Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges
Mt. McKinley- the highest point in North America
Major earthquakes near the Pacific ranges
Deep canyons, steep cliffs, and lowland desert areas called basins
between the ranges
Resources
Oceans and Waterways
Land and Forests
Minerals and Fossil
Fuels
• Ample water
resources
• Shipping and fishing
industries
• Inland rivers and lakes
also serve as
transportation,
hydroelectric power,
irrigation, freshwater,
and fisheries
• The great lakes:
HOMES
• Mississippi River
• Mackenzie River in
Canada
• US and Canada both
have fertile soil
• North America is the
worlds leading food
exporter (most from
the plains)
• Huge forests (app. ½
of Canada is covered
by woodlands and 1/3
of the U.S.)
• Both countries are
major producers of
lumber and forest
products.
• Minerals and fossil
fuels provide means to
industrialize rapidly
• Canadian Shield- iron
ore, nickel, copper,
gold, and uranium
• Western Mts. Have
gold, silver, copper,
and uranium
• Both countries also
have coal, natural gas,
and oil
Warm-up 10/16
• Why do we care about natural resources?
homework
• Page 126 #1-4
• We will have a homework quiz tomorrow!
Warm-up 10/17
What is the cartoon trying to portray?
Homework Quiz
1. Why are the United States and Canada leading
industrial nations?
2. How do the prevailing westerlies change the climate
of parts of the U.S. and Canada?
3. What climate regions are found in BOTH the U.S.
and Canada?
Warm-up 10/20- According to the map
below what type of climate region do we
live in?
activity
• On the blank piece of paper draw an outline of the
U.S. and Canada. You may use an atlas or your
textbook, but you are NOT allowed to trace.
• Color the map by climate regions.
• In your key include characteristics about each climate
region.
Homework
• Page 130 #1-4
Warm-up 10/21
• Answer the questions on your warm-up paper based on
the quote below.
• This country will not be a good place for any of us to
live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to
live in. ~Theodore Roosevelt
Migration
• Historically 3 waves of immigration:
• Europe
• Asia
• Latin America
Historical Migration
• Europe- (17th-18th Centuries)
• From northwestern Europe- U.K. Ireland, Scandinavian,
Germany
• From southern and eastern Europe- Italy, Eastern Europe
(Poland, Czech.)
• Push/pull factors economic opportunities, political freedom
migration
• Asia (19th-20th C.)
• 19th Century.- Chinese, Japanese
• Push and pull factors- economic opportunity
• Late 20th C.- Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos (push
and pull factors: political asylum, escaping wars.)
migration
• Latin America
• Late 20th C, early 21st C.
• From Mexico, Central America (push/pull factors:
escaping war, seeking economic opportunities, political
asylum- Cubans 1960’s-1970’s.)
MODERN MIGRATION
• The majority of immigrants come from Latin
America, Asia, and Africa
• California- Asians
• Southeast- Africa (Great Migration)
• East- Irish (moved towards the Midwest)
• Southwest- Hispanic (spreading north)
• Native Americans moved onto reservations
Modern migration
• Environmental conditions: why did people settle where
they did?
• Settling in familiar climate regions (similar to country of
origin)
• Settled close to other recent immigrants with similar
backgrounds
• Settled at or near port of entry (ex. Ellis Island, Miami
for Cubans, Angel Island San Francisco, etc.)
• Columbian Exchange:
• The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during
the colonization of the Americas. New crops led to
better diets, increased demands for foods, leads to more
exploring, colonization, and trade.
Impact on the
Americas?
• Write about how migration has impacted the
Americas.
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How has it affected our country as a whole?
Has it led to any effect on our lives today?
Any impact on globalization?
Economic activities?
Impact on Europe
• New foods and plants, including maize (corn),
tomatoes, chocolate, tobacco, and potatoes resulting in
population increase; the Americas became a valuable
source of cotton and sugar, resulting in plantation
systems where forced labor was a necessity.
Warm-up 10/22
Warm-up 10/22
1. What landmark is this?
1.
Niagara Falls
2. Where is it located?
1.
Border of Ontario, Canada and New York, U.S.
3. Which culture created it?
1.
Nature
4. Why/when was this landmark created?
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The falls were created by glaciers about 10,000 years ago
5. What defining characteristics standout to you?
Event #1
• In 1848, a carpenter named James W. Marshal
discovered gold under the mill he was building in
California. The news of this event prompted what is
referred to as the California Gold Rush. Many people
from the United States and around the world migrated
to California in hopes of striking it rich. As a result,
population and economic activity in California
boomed.
Event #2
• The Mexican Revolution of 1910 was a violent and
chaotic time for many of its citizens including the
border region with the U.S. As many different political
factions fought against the forces of President Porfirio
Diaz, many Mexicans from along the border regions
fled the violence by crossing into the United States.
Event #3
• In order to help the U.S. grow westward, the U.S.
government passed the Homestead Act of 1862. The
act offered 160 acres of land to anyone who would
promise to improve the land by cultivating it and living
on it for five years. The Act helped bring new settlers
but also encouraged both American and foreign
investors to promote infrastructure on undeveloped
land. One of the most important investments included
railroad companies.
Event #4
• On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific railroad companies connected their tracks at
Promontory Point, Utah with the tracks that extend
from Sacramento, California. This created the first
U.S. transcontinental railroad. In the following years,
after the 1872 foreign and domestic laborers,
merchants, and financial investments that forever
changed these regions. The change included the
creation of new towns and the expansion of old ones
into small cities that would later grow into the region’s
most important urban centers.
Event #5
• A category 5 hurricane hit the states of Louisiana,
Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi in
August of 2005. Cities flooded and close to 2,000
people died. Hundreds of thousands of people were
displaced from their homes.
Event #6
• The Midwest experienced severe droughts and dust
storms during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Many farmers
depleted the soil of its minerals by not rotating crops.
Pretty soon, nothing could be grown and cultivated.
activity
• Write an “I am” poem from the perspective of a person who
lived through one of these 6 events. Include the push/pull
factor in each poem.
• Use this format:
• I am…
• I wonder…
• I hear…
• I see…
• I say…
• I feel…
• I am…
Homework
• Page 149 #1-4
Warm-up 10/23
• What are some sub regions in the U.S.?
Homework quiz
1. Why is the St. Lawrence Seaway important?
2. How has air conditioning changed the economic
activities of the subregions of the United States?
Regional division
• World regions are further divided internally to help
study and understand the way they work
• Regions are divided up by proximity, climate,
economy, agriculture, and cultural concentration.
Regions of the
united states
Regions of Canada
Northern
Canada
Mountains
and the
West
Prairies
East Coast
Central Canada/
Canadian Shield
Belt regions
• Often times the
regions are referred to
as ‘Belt Regions’ since
they follow lines of
latitude
• Belt regions are
mostly perceptualbased off of ideas that
people have about an
area
Sun belt
• Southern, hot weather states that stretch from coast
to coast.
• Falls between the 37th and 38th parallels.
• Most of economy is based off of agriculture that
requires dry land. The economy is also based off of
tourism.
Bible belt
• Southeastern and mid-western states
where strict religious beliefs are followed
• Protestant, Evangelical, Baptist
• Due to the colonial spread of state
religions in the region.
Grain Belt/ America’s
Breadbasket
• Produces much of the world's grain and soybeans.
• A family of four could live for 10 years off the bread
produced by one acre of wheat.
• In 1997, Kansas's wheat farmers produced enough
wheat to make 36.5 billion loaves of bread.
Corn belt
• Majority of the nation’s corn produced
here.
• Corn used for
– Corn and popcorn
– Sweeteners
– Ethanol gas
Cotton belt
• The Cotton Belt, reaching from Virginia to the
midwest.
• Cotton crops are also found in California
• Texas is the top cotton-producing state, harvesting
about one-third of the crop each year
Rust belt
• The Rust Belt, also known as the Manufacturing Belt
has an economy based largely on heavy industry,
manufacturing, and associated industries.
Bilingual belt
• Area of Canada where most people speak both
English and French
Canadian shield
• Large geographic shield of land
• Continental plate
French Canada
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The part of Canada that still aligns with France
Originally founded as French colonies
Struggles with their identity
Continuously trying to separate from British Canada
Warm-up 10/24
• What is the political cartoon trying to portray?
• How do you feel about it?
Warm-up 10/27- What
does this map show us?
Warm-up 10/28
• What types of belt regions did we talk about last week?
• What economic activities take place in those belt
regions?
• How has air conditioning affected these belt regions?
Warm-up 10/29
1. What landmark is this?
1.
Mount Rushmore
2. Where is it located?
1.
South Dakota
3. Which culture create it?
1.
American
4. Why/when was this landmark created? Why is it
happening?
1.
1927
5. What defining characteristics standout to you?
Warm-up 10/30
• What helps determine where a company should be
located?
Homework Quiz
1.
Where are the industrial centers in the United States?
2.
What invention made life possible in the suburbs?
3.
What are the geographic origins of some American musical styles?
4.
How is the economy of the United States different from its economy 50 years
ago?
5.
Define: Parliamentary Government.
6.
Define: Service industry.
7.
Define: Postindustrial economy.
8.
What mineral discoveries spurred development in Canada?
9.
How did the French and Indian War change Canada?
10. How is Canada’s federal government different from the federal government of
the United States?
Exit ticket
• Do most U.S. companies manufacture products or do
many more U.S. companies transfer information,
money, services and knowledge? Is the U.S. an
industrial nation or a postindustrial nation? Does it
rely heavily on manufacturing or on service and
information as an economy? Which companies rely
heavily on technology and innovation?