Transcript US/Canada Regions ppt

The United
States and
Canada
Regions
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Perceptual Regions
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
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,
BosNyPhiBaWash! = Megalopolis
Baltimore,
Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn Bridge,
Manhattan
Manhattan
skyline
before Sept. 11
and today
Replica of HMS
Bounty in Boston
Harbor.
Colin Powell at the
Liberty Bell in
Philadelphia.
The Midwest
Chicago on Lake Michigan
• America’s
Heartland,
“midwestern
values”
• Flat, fertile
land and cities
on waterways
good for
farming
• Humid
continental
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
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 northsouth/west-east and the dark angled
line is U.S. Route 56.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crop
s_Kansas_AST_20010624.jpg
Industry
Detroit
• 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
The South
• Nation’s 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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Texas and the US
Atlanta’s Olympic stadiums
Zydeco music, Cajun,
New Orleans
Spindletop- site of famous
Texas gusher, 1901
Cotton harvest
Navajo Nation,
Arizona
Rocky Mts. –
tourism, highland
Desert Southwest –
Native Indian
influence, semiarid,
desert
The West
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.
California’s famous Napa
Valley wine country
Death Valley, CA
Golden Gate,
San Francisco
Jackie Chan gets a star in Hollywood
The Pacific
• Washington and
Oregon
• Seattle
• fishing and forestry
• Microsoft and
Starbucks,
environmental
activism
• Marine West Coast
Hawaii – hot spots,
fruit, sugar,
tourism
• tropical wet
Alaska – low pop.
Density, fishing
forestry, oil
• Subarctic, tundra
Hana Falls,
Maui
Mt. McKinley,
Alaska
Hawaii, black
sand beach
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.
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.
CANADA
Canadian Parliament, Ottawa
• 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
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
The Core/Heartland
Toronto, Ontario
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
Prairie Provinces
• Manitoba,
Saskatchewan,
Alberta
• Breadbasket,
wheat
• Mineral – oil,
diamonds
• extension of and
similar to Great
Plains
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Jasper National
Park, Alberta
Whistler Mountain
British Columbia
• Pacific, Rocky Mts.
• Fishing and
forestry, tourism
• Vancouver – port
city, Asian
influence
• Similar to
Washington and
Oregon
The Territories
• Yukon, Northwest,
Nunavut
• HARSH climate, few
people – no need for
more formal govt.
• Mining, fishing,
forestry
• Inuit (Nunavut)
• Similar to Alaska
Nunavut