1. Geography of America Chapters 4 & 5

2. The Melting Pot The “Melting Pot” is a metaphor to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the USA. Approximately 20% of Americans speak a language other than English at home.

3. The Melting Pot LanguageNumber of Speakers Spanish28,101,052 Chinese2,022,143 French1,643,838 German1,383,442 Tagalog1,224,241 Vietnamese1,009,627 Italian1,008,370 Korean894,063 Russian706,242 Polish667,414 Arabic614,582 Portuguese564,630 Japanese477,997

4. Top Tobacco Leaf Producing Nations (2005) 1.China... 2.64 million tons (39.6% of world total) 2.India... 0.64 million tons (9.6%) 3.Brazil... 0.55 million tons (8.3%) 4.United States...0.47 million tons (7%) 5.European Union... 0.31 million tons (4.6%) 6.Turkey... 0.23 million tons (3.5%) 7.Zimbabwe... 0.22 million tons (3.3%) 8.Indonesia... 0.14 million tons (2.2%) 9.Malawi... 0.12 million tons (1.8%) 10.Russia... 0.09 million tons (1.4%) http://daniel-workman.suite101.com/top-ten-tobacco-countries-a8450

5. Top Tobacco Consuming Nations (2005) 1.China... 2.66 million tons (38% of world total) 2.European Union... 0.71 million tons (10.2%) 3.India... 0.52 million tons (7.4%) 4.Russia... 0.44 million tons (6.4%) 5.United States... 0.43 million tons (6.2%) 6.Brazil... 0.23 million tons (3.3%) 7.Japan... 0.18 million tons (2.6%) 8.Indonesia... 0.17 million tons (2.4%) 9.Turkey... 0.14 million tons (2%) 10.Pakistan... 0.10 million tons (1.4%) http://daniel-workman.suite101.com/top-ten-tobacco-countries-a8450

6. Agriculture in the United States Agriculture is a major industry in the United States and the country is a net exporter of food. As of 2007, there were 2.2 million farms, covering an area of 3,730,000 km 2. In 1870, 70-80% of the US population was employed in agriculture. As of 2008, approximately 2-3%of the population is directly employed in agriculture.

7. Small firms (companies) in the USA (fewer than 500 people) 1.Represent 99.7% of all employer firms. 1.Employ half of all private sector employees. 1.Pay 44% of total U.S. private payroll. 1.Hire 43% of high tech workers (scientists, engineers, computer programmers, and others). 1.Made up 97.5% of all identified exporters and produced 31% of export value in FY 2008. 1.Small firms accounted for 65% (9.8 million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 - 2009. http://web.sba.gov/faqs/faqIndexAll.cfm?areaid=24

9. Tallest Buildings in Chicago NameFloors / HeightNotes The Willis Tower (Sears Tower)110 / 442mTallest in the USA, 9 th tallest in the world Trump International Hotel96 / 423m2 nd tallest in USA Aon Center83 / 346m John Hancock Center100 / 344m

10. For next week, please read Part 2 History, Ch. 1-3, pages 50 to 79