Transcript Living in the United States and Canada

Living in the United States and
Canada
Chapter 7 sec.1
Urban Lifestyles
• Respect traditional rural values
• Inventiveness and Hard work
Economic Activities
• Free Market Economies
– Businesses can hire who they want
– Sell what they want within the law
Agriculture
• Commercial farming prevalent
• Large commercial corps account for only 5% of
all farm ownership
• 1 Billion acres of land is used for Agriculture in
the USA
• 167 Million in Canada
Key Agricultural Products
• Great Plains- Wheat Belt
• Corn Belt from Ohio to Nebraska
• And fruits and vegetables are grown in many
other parts of US and Canada
Perceptual Regions of Texas
Perceptual Regions of the USA
Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and the West
Name the Regions
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Manufacturing and Service Industries
• 20% of Americans and Canadians work in
Manufacturing
• Prior to the Technological revolution more
than half of the pop. Worked in manufacturing
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Post-industrial Economies
• 75 percent of Americans and Canadians work
in service industries such as government,
health care, and education.
Retooling the Rust Belt
• U.S. economy shifted from manufacturing to
services
• Areas in the Great Lakes and Northeast were
left with abandoned factories and steel mills.
• These rusting plants gave the area its name
• The Rust Belt
Transportation and Communications
Extensive Automobile use in US and Canada
required government to invest in building and
maintaining millions of miles of highways, roads
and bridges
Other means of Transportation
• Americans and Canadians travel long distances
by airplane
• Railroads carry few passengers but 35% of
regions freight
Communications
• In Canada telephone and broadcasting
systems are owned by the government
• In US these are privately owned
Trade and Interdepence
• USA exports 10% of the worlds exports
Huge energy imports and foreign tariffs on USA
good have created an enormous trade deficit.
Canada Exports less than the USA but has a
trade surplus
Trade Deficit
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Importing more goods than you export
Why is it bad?
Country not self sufficient
Other countries can control the USA by
limiting their supplies
Trade Surplus
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Export more than you import
Why is it Good?
The country is self sufficient
Only depend on its self
Can make decisions without having to think
about trade issues
NAFTA
• North American Free Trade Agreement
– Allows USA, Mexico, and Canada to export goods
to one another with no tariffs.
– Free trade means (no tariffs)
United Against
• The WAR ON TERROR started after the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
• Who was responsible for the attacks?
• Osama bin Laden
How did they get into the country?
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Mexico
Canada
California
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