United States and Canada North America United States and Canada

Colder Climates Arctic Coast of Alaska Much of Canada Winters Very Cold Very Long Permafrost Summers Short Cool (Around 40 degrees in July in some places

Moderate Climates North-Central United States Northeastern United States Southern Canada Winters Cold Summer Warm

Mild Climates Southern United States Virtually None of Canada Winters Cool Summers Hot Muggy Relatively Heavy Rainfall

Dry Climates Great Plains Great Basin Summers And Winters Typically Hot and Dry Known to be Desert Land

Tropical Climates Only Hawaii and Southern Florida Very little temperature variation year-round Typically very warm Wet and Dry Seasons Heavy Vegitation

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Subregion Poster Directions EVERYONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING (PUTTING POINTS ON THE OUTLINE PAPER, RESEARCHING, WRITING, ETC.) DIVIDE THE BLANK PAPER INTO 4 PARTS (ONE FOR EACH SUBREGION) IN EACH SMALLER SECTION, NAME THE SUBREGION, AND INCLUDE THE FACTS FROM THE CHART PUT EVERYONE’S NAME (THAT PARTICIPATES FROM YOUR GROUP ON THE BACK OF THE CHART PAPER

Northeast Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Pennsylvania New York New Jersey

Northeast “Gateway to America” Fishing, Farming, Manufacturing, Mining Megalopolis- Boston, New York City, Washington D.C.

Midwest “America’s Heartland” “America’s Breadbasket” Destination for Immigrants Farmland-Heavy

The South “Old South”- 11 States that made up the Confederacy “New South”- States added later Agriculture-heavy Petroleum, Steel manufacturing

The West 13 States Most diverse land subregion Farming, logging, ranching, food processing, fishing Trade center because of its harbors

Canada and its Subregions

Atlantic Provinces Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia Newfoundland Labrador

Atlantic Provinces Home to 7% of Canada’s Population Very severe weather 85% of Nova Scotia is unsuitable for farming 90% of New Brunswick is covered by forests Newfoundland and Labrador experience fierce storms

Atlantic Provinces Economic Activities Include Logging Seafood Mining for zinc, copper, lead, and silver Hydro-Electric Power

Core Provinces Quebec Ontario

Core Provinces Nicknamed “Canada’s Heartland” Home to 60% of Canada’s population English-Speaking Canadians live primarily in Ontario French-Speaking Canadians live primarily in Quebec Home to Canada’s Government

Core Provinces Economic Activities Include Agriculture Mining Manufacturing

Prairie Provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta

Prairie Provinces Nicknamed “Canada’s Breadbasket” 2nd most populated region in Canada Extremely culturally diverse

Prairie Provinces Economic Activities Account for over 50% of Canada’s agriculture Coal mining

Pacific Province and Territories British Columbia Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Territory

Pacific Province and Territories British Columbia is Canada’s westernmost province Two major cities- Victoria and Vancouver Nunavut is home to the majority of Canada’s native population

Pacific Province and Territories Economic Activities Logging Mining Hydro-Electric Power Fishing