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Infrastructure
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Table of Contents DateTitleLesson # 10/14Immigration - Economic24 10/15Migration25 10/16Urban Sprawl26 10/19Push Factors for Migration27 10/20Infrastructure28 Directions: Make a fresh page titled “Infrastructure”
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Background You are the CEO of Nike. Your job is to create a trading plan for regional trade and global trade. Key Questions: 1. What kind of infrastructure is best for regional trade? Global trade? 2. Will you need multiple types of infrastructure to conduct trade regionally? Globally? 3. How do goods go from secondary levels of economic activity to the tertiary level? READ ONLY
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Global Trade Trade with other countries. –I bought shoes at the mall that were manufactured in the Dominican Republic. Regional Trade Trade in the United States. –I bought fruit that was grown in California at Kroger.
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Sanitation Services Transportation Education Infrastructure – The basic support systems needed to help an economy function
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Infrastructure Sketch or write real-life examples for the three other things required to keep an economy going… 1.Power 2.Communications (Internet, Phones) 3.Water services
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TypeExplanationExamples 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Infrastructure Data Sheet
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1. Ports Explanation - Ports provide shipping routes for imports and exports. Examples: Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco Ports near New York City
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2. Railroads Explanation - Railroads provide bulk transportation from region to region. Example: Transporting cattle from Houston to Dallas by rail. Then from Dallas to Chicago by rail. DALLAS CHICAGO
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3. Interstate Highway System Explanation - Highways provide ground shipping. Task Write or sketch a real-life example of ground shipping.
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4. Communication - Examples Internet, Cell phonesInternet - Explanation - How can businesses use these tools for global trade?
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5. Bridges Background: There are three major ports on the Chesapeake Bay near Virginia and Maryland on the Atlantic Coastal Plains. - Norfolk, Virginia - Washington DC (capital of the US) - Baltimore, Maryland Chesapeake Bay
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What would you do?
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel – A construction project in Virginia where they built a tunnel under the Chesapeake Bay to allow large cargo ships and cars to travel over the same area.
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Bridges Clip Clip Questions: 1. How does the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel help regional trade? 2. How does it help global trade? Directions: - Add your own explanation and example for #5. Bridges
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6. St. Lawrence Seaway Explanation - Major shipping route on the US and Canada border.Major shipping route on the US and Canada border. Led to development of major cities because of trade and jobs.
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Other types of infrastructure 7. Airports - Come up with your own explanation and example.
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Closure 1. Answer the Question of the Day on your warm-up page like normal. 2. Turn in your assignment on the way out if you are finished, if not take it home..
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Assignment Help Assignment Help Hint Don’t confuse infrastructure with type of transportation. Infrastructure = Airports Mode of transportation = Infrastructure = Highways Mode of transportation =
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Physiographic Regions A group of places with similar physical characteristics.
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