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U.S. ESPN ECONOMIC SOCIAL Land use Resources Part of NAFTA Farming(commercial and subsistence) Forestry Ranching Resources Oil Natural gas Iron Coal Part of NAFTA GDP= $14 trillion Various family structures Two parent Single parent Blended Grandparent Woman and Men equal Dress is westernized Various forms of entertainment Sports Movies Various Religions Population approx 314 million

U.S. ESPN POLITICAL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT Government Democratic Republic 3 branches (executive, legislative, judicial) Many laws left to state government Located in the North and Western Hemisphere Landscapes vary (Desert, Mountain, Coastal Plain, Grassland, Tundra) Multiple waterways including Mississippi R.

CANADA ESPN ECONOMICS SOCIAL Land Use Resources Part of NAFTA Some commercial farming, ranching and herding Forestry Most land is not useable Resources Coal, Iron, Zinc, Silver Part of NAFTA GDP $1736 billion Similar to US in family structure, entertainment, dress, and gender roles Language majority English and French Religion Large Catholic population Various other religions represented. Population approx 35 million

Canada ESPN POLITICAL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT Democratic Constitutional Monarchy 4 branches (monarch, legislative, executive, judicial) Northern Canada Tundra Southern Canada Some forest Some grasslands/cropland Northern portion of Rockies Canadian Shield

US and Canada Political Map Physical Map All states, provinces and territories. All bodies of water Mojave Desert Death Valley Rocky Mountains Appalachain Mountains Coastal Plain Great Plains Canadian Shield Rio Grande R. Mississippi R. Ohio R. Colorado R. St. Lawerence R. Gulf of Mexico Baffin Bay Hudson Bay Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Bering Sea Mt. Kilauea Mt. McKinley/Denali Grand Canyon