North America & Canada

Unit 2 Chapters 5-8

Pages 126 - 200

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What is going on here?

Analyze maps on Pgs 127, 129, 131, 133, 135

Brainstorm words that describe

the maps above.

Write Physical, Climate and Population

(Find descriptions for these areas)

United States Profile

Chapter 6

Pages 142 - 153

3

Resources and Economic Success

• GNP measures wealth– US GNP is highest in world

• Why?– Abundance of Natural Resources– Innovations in Transportation– Innovations in Communication– Respect for individual freedoms

4

Natural Resources

• Farm land

• Lumber

• Fossil Fuels

5

Transportation

• Water Travel– Steamboats

• Land Travel– Railroad– Automobile

• Affects Patterns of settlement– Canals– Railroads– Automobiles

6

Communication

• Morse Code

• Telephone

• Telecommunications

7

Individual Freedoms

• Government– Individual equality, opportunity and freedom– Free Enterprise

• Allows individuals to own, operate and profit from their own businesses in an open, competitive market.

• Everyone has opportunity

• Rugged individualism

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How have these changed us?

• Metropolitan areas

• Freedom to choose

• Availability of goods

9

Place Hierarchy

• Metropolitan– Hinterland

• Cities with facilities

• Cities without facilities

• Uniqueness

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So What?We live in a rapidly changing world

Old WorldEconomy is national in scopeValue of goods which face global competition: $4 trillion (1995)

New WorldEconomy is global in scope

Value of goods which face global competition:$21 trillion (2000)

Did you know?...

• That 90% of the world lives beyond our borders?

• That the BRIC nations – by 2050 – could eclipse the combined economies of the current richest countries of the world?

• That 1 in 6 jobs is tied to International Trade?

• That India is to surpass the US & Britain for the largest English speaking population this year (2010)?

• And that China and India will clamor for 1st & 2nd in economic wealth by 2013?

Competition is fierce

The rise of the rest

Reasons to globalize

• In a recent survey conducted for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, more than 60 percent of employers polled said recent graduates lacked the skills needed to succeed in a global economy.

• Seventy two percent of business leaders urged colleges and universities to pay greater attention to global issues.

• Sources: Karin Fischer, “‘Flat World’ Lessons for Real-World Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2, 2007, p. A35.

• Kevin Hovland, “Global Learning: What is it? Who is Responsible for it?, Peer Review, Fall 2009, Vol. 11, No. 4

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Watch a video http://www.tcc.edu/academics/bie/resource.htm

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