the u.s.a. & canada canadian shield--horseshoe shaped area around the hudson bay where glaciers...
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The U.S.A. & CanadaCanadian Shield--horseshoe shaped area around the Hudson Bay where glaciers have scrapped away the topsoil, but it is rich in minerals
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• Intermountain Basins & Plateaus--The Columbia Plateau up in Washington, the Colorado Plateau in to the south, and
a great basin in between
• Interior Lowlands - (central lowlands) Ohio, Illinois, etc., sort of a continuation of the Great Plains, only with trees and some hills, east of the Mississippi
• Continental Divide - High ridge in the Rockies separating the waters which flow to the west & the Pacific Ocean, from those that flow east to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Mineral Resources--we have a rich supply• Timber reserves - we have a rich supply
(they cover about a third of each nation)
• Climate - varied, included are both the Tundra and Tropical and everything in between--the only thing we don’t have is ice cap.
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• Origins of our people - both the U.S. and Canada were once British Colonies, some of the U.S. was a Spanish Colony, part of the U.S. & Canada were also claimed by France
• Multi-Cultural - we are increasingly a multi-cultural country.
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• Sunbelt - the South and Southwest--California, Texas, Florida, etc. the states people are moving to.
• Suburbs - outlying communities around central cities.
• Metropolitan areas - a central city and its suburbs, the U.S. & Canada are both highly urbanized
• centers of culture and trade - New York, Washington D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Chicago.
Los Angeles
• Bilingual Signs - part of our cultural landscape, seen in French Canada, northern Canada, and you will find bilingual labels in every department or grocery store in America.
• Standard of living - the U.S. & Canada have a high standard
of living.Literacy rate - 96 & 97 percent - very high
• Agricultural Activity - we grow a wide variety of crops and animals
• we export a wide variety consumer goods - we export a lot of cars and other consumer goods and foodstuffs.
• information systems - we are a world center of information systems, as well as financial markets and multinational corporations.diversified - describes our economy
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• Canada’s struggle - to maintain a national identity NAFTA - the North American Free Trade Agreement – agreement between the U.S., Canada, and
Mexico that there would be no tariffs between us.
• Infrastructure - pipelines, electric lines and plants, bridges, waterways, communications satellites, etc., our infrastructure is highly developed.