1. Subregions of the U.S.

2. The United States

3. Northeast New England & Mid-Atlantic states
5% of land area but 20% of US population
“Rustbelt”=declining & abandoned traditional industries
Primary economic activity: services
Cultural and financial center of the country
“BosWash” megalopolis=500 mi. of heavily urbanized areas of Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, & Washington D.C.

4. Midwest 20% of land & 25% of population
Fertile soil, adequate rainfall, & favorable climate“breadbasket” of nation
Central location & excellent waterwaystrade, transportation, & distribution center
Industries leaving for warmer climates (similar to “rustbelt”)

5. South 25% of land/35% of population quite diverse culturally “Sunbelt”
Warm climate hindered dev’t but a/c in the 1950s & abundant energy reourcesboosted industrialization mid/late 20th century

6. West 50% of land area but only 20% of pop. Most rapidly growing
Because of region’s desert, semarid, & highland climates, it is region aided most by irrigation and a/c.
Tourism, film making, computer production

7. Subregions of Canada

8. Atlantic Provinces PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
Rugged terrain, severe weatheronly 8% of pop.
Pop. concentrated in coastal cities
Primary economic activities- fishing & logging
World’s richest fishing area

9. Core Provinces Quebec & Ontario
60% of pop.=“Canada’s heartland”
Ottawa, Ontario=federal capital
Center of economic activity
Toronto, on Lake Ontario, is banking and financial hub & most populous city
Quebec=center of French-Canadian Culture

10. Prairie Provinces Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
location on Great Plains Canada’s “breadbasket”
Primary economic activity is agriculture—grain & cattle
Biggest Asian Influence

11. The Pacific Province- British Columbia & the Territories
located in Rocky Mtns
pop. centered in SW
Vancouver is Canada’s largest trading port

12. The Territories 41% of land but harsh climateleast populated
Nunavut, made a separate territory in 1999 to settle land claims of Inuit, is home to most of Canada’s Inuit pop.