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America’s Two Great America’s Two Great MountainsMountains
America’s Two Great America’s Two Great MountainsMountains
Appalachian Mountains- 480 million years old, 1,500 miles Rocky Mountains- 80 million years old, 3,000 miles
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North American Historical Events
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Urban areas grow rapidly
Shift from Agriculture to Industry
Western frontier became filled, and most available land was settled
Why? What is going on?
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The Cities Grow
Megalopolis- a region that includes several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns.
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The Cities Grow
Urban Sprawl- an inexpertly planned communities and developments in an area of increasing population.
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The Cities Grow
Infrastructure- roads, power plants, schools and communication lines.
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The Cities Grow
Sustainable Community- manage growth by creating communities where residents both live and work in the same area.
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But Where Do We Live? And Why?
Population Distribution- means the pattern of where people live
A people apart
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Government
Representative Democracy- The people elect officials to represent them.
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Government
Federal Republic- Power is divided between the federal government, state and local governments.
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Economics Free Enterprise System- the government exerts little control over businesses, resources, and technology operated for profit by private individuals.
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Economics Service Industry fields such as information processing, finance, medicine, and education.
What level of economic activity?
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Economics Postindustrial Economy manufacturing is no longer the country’s most important industry.
What is the next level of economic activity?
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Our Neighbor To The North
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Extends 2,340 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great LakesRanked as one of the outstanding engineering feats of the twentieth centuryIncludes 13 Canadian and 2 U.S. locks.One of the World’s most important shipping routes
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System
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History
France comes to the New World
Unlike the British, the French intermarried with the natives
Métis
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History
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Issues Facing North America
Terrorism
Assimilation
Multiculturalism
Global Network