1. North American Regions- Textbook Questions

2. The Appalachians Northern
Influenced by the Labrador Current – brings cold water from the Arctic
Warmer in the summer months
Less precipitation in the summer months
Temperatures drop below 0 in the winter months
Southern
Overall warmer temperatures in summer and winter months
Hottest in the summer months
Sporadic rainfall
Lowest precipitation in fall months
Highest rainfall in spring – especially March

3. Why would the Appalachians act as a barrier to colonization?
Mountain region difficult to get across!
Act as a natural barrier for Westward expansion
Heavy forest
Rough terrain
Steep slopes

4. Appalachians in History! Remember Proclamation of 1763??
After the Seven Years War, the Proclamation of restricted settlement for Great Britain's thirteen original colonies in North America to east of of the mountains.
Another reason why The 13 colonies rebelled against Britain

5. The Coastal Plains
1. What are the main differences between the Appalachians and the Coastal Plains?
Coastal plains are flat, marshy and swampy
Dry winter months
Hurricane season!

6. 2. What are the similarities?
Divided into North and South
Cold snowy winters in the north
Temperature increase in the summer months
Rivers for transport
forests

7. 3. Compare the climate graphs, what are the differences?
Appalachians
Larger temperature range
Seasonal precipitation in the north
Cooler summers (under 20 degrees) in the north
Coastal Plains
Warm all year round in the south between 20 and 30 degrees
humid summer and drier winter in the south

8. 4. Why is Florida an important tourist centre?
Low precipitation in the winter
Warm winter temperatures
Canadians from the east want to escape the cold winter and travel South

9. Homework Page 168 -169 Questions 1 and 2 Page 170-171 Questions 1-3

10. The Great Lakes
Why has the Great Lakes region become the most populous even though it is the smallest?
Strong economy
Farming – fertile soil
Lumbering
Tourism/urban economic activity

11. Great Lakes lakes moderate the climate fertile soil
Lakes provide natural transport routes for people and goods
Rolling topography means there was little barriers for settlement unlike the Appalachians and Canadian Shield

12. 2. Why is the region most favourable in Canada for agriculture?
Very fertile soil
Long growing season
ideal conditions for a large variety of crops

13. The Interior Plains
1. Explain why there is so much diversity in the Interior Plains region?
Huge size
Flat topography
Wide range of climate conditions that allow different types of vegetation

14. 2. Why do farmers need to use irrigation in the Interior Plains
Irrigation: watering system for agriculture
There is little precipitation even in the summer
Irrigation is needed to grow crops that require water

15. 3. What is Dryland farming
3. What is Dryland farming? What areas would farmers need to use Dry Land techniques?
Dryland farming: growing of crops, particularly grain crops such as wheat and rye, that do not requires extensive supplies of water
The Great Plains, with their natural grass vegetation are easily adapted to growing grain crops

16. The Canadian Shield How did glaciation affect the Canadian Shield?
Completely removed the ground’s natural covering of vegetation and soils
Exposed bedrock
Deposits of glacial debris altered natural drainage leaving lakes and rivers

17. Because of this glacial activity, Canada has more lakes than any other country on earth!

18. 2. Why is the Canadian Shield referred to as a ‘mineral storehouse”?
Has vast deposits of valuable minerals:
Lead
Copper
Gold
Zinc
Nickel

19. 3. Apart from forestry, what other important industry is found in the Canadian Shield?
Mining
During the Ice Age, glaciers stripped the ground making minerals easy to detect.
This has attracted many mining companies to the region.