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OGT Geography
10th Grade Social Studies
Learning TargetsYou WILL be able to:
A. Interpret data to make comparisons between and among countries and regions including birth rates, death rates, infant mortality, GDP, and education levels
B. Explain how perceptions and characteristics of geographic regions in the U.S. have changed over time
C. Analyze the geographic processes that contributed to changes in American society
Places and Regions in the U.S. 5 main regions
Northeast Midwest West Southwest South
Northeast Industrialization Urbanization Canals and Railroads Factories pop up
along rivers Steel production
helped to spread railroads
Midwest Farmland River valleys Central and Great
Plains Industrial and
Transportation center Meatpacking Steelmaking Chicago
West Railroads developed
Mostly Chinese Immigrants
Gold Mining Irrigation for water
sources
Southwest Ranch lands Cattle industry River damming Oil Major cities-Los
Angeles, Houston, Oklahoma City
South Very agricultural
Cotton and Tobacco
Jim Crow laws prevailed until Civil Rights
What affects People and Geography?
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Factors Agriculture Industry Natural Resources Social Changes
Ethnic groups language
Standards of living GDP-Gross Domestic
Product High GDP=longer
life expectancies (how long people live)
Infant mortality rates (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Literacy rates- those above 15 who can read and write
Standard of living-economic level achieved by those living in a nation
Human Development Index Measure of the standard of living
Ranks nations in terms of overall quality of life Top: Norway/Sweden Bottom: Sierra Leone (civil war)
Shifts in Population Population
pyramids show the relationship between population and GDP.