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United States and Canada
North America United States and Canada
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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
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Moderate Climates North-Central United States
Northeastern United States Southern Canada Winters Cold Summer Warm
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Mild Climates Southern United States Virtually None of Canada Winters
Cool Summers Hot Muggy Relatively Heavy Rainfall
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Dry Climates Great Plains Great Basin Summers And Winters
Typically Hot and Dry Known to be Desert Land
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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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What war did the United States and Canada fight against each other in?
Bonus Round What war did the United States and Canada fight against each other in?
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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
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Northeast Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island
Connecticut Pennsylvania New York New Jersey
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Northeast “Gateway to America” Fishing, Farming, Manufacturing, Mining
Megalopolis- Boston, New York City, Washington D.C.
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Midwest “America’s Heartland” “America’s Breadbasket”
Destination for Immigrants Farmland-Heavy
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The South “Old South”- 11 States that made up the Confederacy
“New South”- States added later Agriculture-heavy Petroleum, Steel manufacturing
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The West 13 States Most diverse land subregion
Farming, logging, ranching, food processing, fishing Trade center because of its harbors
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Canada and its Subregions
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Atlantic Provinces Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia
Newfoundland Labrador
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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
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Atlantic Provinces Economic Activities Include Logging Seafood
Mining for zinc, copper, lead, and silver Hydro-Electric Power
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Core Provinces Quebec Ontario
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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
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Core Provinces Economic Activities Include Agriculture Mining
Manufacturing
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Prairie Provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta
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Prairie Provinces Nicknamed “Canada’s Breadbasket”
2nd most populated region in Canada Extremely culturally diverse
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Prairie Provinces Economic Activities
Account for over 50% of Canada’s agriculture Coal mining
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Pacific Province and Territories
British Columbia Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Territory
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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
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Pacific Province and Territories
Economic Activities Logging Mining Hydro-Electric Power Fishing
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