Regions in North America Pages 21-26

Vocabularies *region-a geographic area where many things, such as physical or cultural characteristics, are similar. *culture-shared language, history, beliefs of a group of people (cultures can also help to define various regions) *tradition-an idea, action, or way of life handed down from past generations. *economy—is the way that people in a state, country, or region use resources to meet their needs. *developed country-the country is completed *developing country-the country is still continuing to be developed.

Regions of the United States/pg The United States has many different kinds of landforms Landforms can be defined as regions. --Examples of regions are Coastal Plains, Appalachian Mountains, and the Central Valley based on physical characteristics. The United States has five regions Northeast, 2. Southeast, 3. Midwest, 4. Southwest, 5. West --These regions share physical features, such as landform and climate. --The state sometime share history, culture and work in same kind of industries. --Example: North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, many of the people work in the computer industry.

Culture in the United States/ pg During the many of the people came from Europe. --They came in from the Northeast --Today the United States is very diverse. Example: Dearborn, Michigan is mostly Arab Americans Polish Fest in Wisconsin is celebrated in the Midwest Music is important to the Southeast culture and history --African America created jazz --European country music --American Indians and Hispanics in the Southwest shape the culture Asian Americans in the West are in San Francisco in Chinatown and Japantown Hawaii has two languages English and Hawaiian

Other Regions pg People in each country often share a language, history, and tradition. --Canada’s land is made up of mountains in the east and west and plains in the middle. --England and France explored Canada --Canada has two languages English and French Most of Mexico’s land is mountainous. --The climate is dry in the north --lots of deserts. --In the south there is a lot of rainfall, land is of thick forest Mexico culture is traced to the Maya (early American Indians) and Spanish

Economic Regions page 25 --to study a country’s economy is to look at it’s per capita income. Which is a number that tell how much income a average worker earns in a year. --if the per capita income is $9,200 or more the country is called developed (look at the per capita on page 25 at the bottom of the page). --In developed countries (Canada,Mexico and the United States --most people work --they are able to buy goods --they have access to schools and health care --In developing countries(Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, and Jamaica) --they have fewer resources --do not make many goods --per capita income is under $5,000