1. United States and Canada

3. Answer ?’s In Your Notebooks
Where is Canada in relation to the United States?
What three oceans border the United States?
What are the major mountain ranges and other prominent land features in the United States?
What are the major agricultural products of the United States?

6. Economic Characteristics of U. S. and Canada
Major Exports – Technology, Consumer goods, food
Highly developed infrastructure
Highly diverse economy – Have all levels of economic activity
Have a rich supply of resources
Mineral
Energy
Forest

7. NAFTA – Canada, USA, Mexico Multinational Corporations
Center of world financial markets
(New York Stock Exchange)

10. Sustained Economic Growth
USA GDP – Trillion
Canada GDP – 1.33 Trillion

13. Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor

14. Export of U.S. Culture Via the Global Marketplace
Cultural Diffusion

15. Weather and Climate is also dominated by Maritime, Humid subtropical & Humid Continental Climates- natural hazards include hurricanes & tornadoes
“Tornado Alley” is found in the Midwest- especially throughout the wide fertile area called the Great Plains.

16. Cascades/ Coastal Ranges
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
There is an imaginary line of high elevation that runs northwest to southeast through North America. This is the dividing line that separates any water that flows west towards the Pacific and water that flows south to the Gulf of Mexico.
This line follows the Rocky Mountains and is called the Continental Divide
Appalachians
Cascades/ Coastal Ranges

17. RAIN SHADOW EFFECT Windward side of the mountains
Leeward Side or “protected” side of the mountains
ANDES
Pacific Ocean

18. Breadbasket Great Plains
Regional Labels
These are areas that share similar characteristics and have been given “nicknames” like the:
Dairy Belt Corn Belt
Tornado Alley The West
Dixie Bible Belt
Breadbasket Great Plains

19. But even with major similarities, there are cultural differences in the region. Would any of these be found in North America?
YES!
THEY
ALL
WOULD

20. Canada’s province of Quebec is French speaking (Francophone) and wants to separate from the rest of English-speaking Canada. This is causing a lot of conflict with Canada’s national identity. Bi-lingual signs like this one make some people mad.

21. LIKE CHICAGO’S DEEP DISH PIZZA VS. NEW YORK’S PIZZA PIE…
EVEN MAJOR CITIES HAVE DIFFERENCES AMONG THEM…
OR SEAFOOD PREPARED IN SAN FRANSICO VS. SEAFOOD PREPARED IN WASHINGTON DC
OR COFFEE IN SEATTLE PREPARED IN STARBUCKS VS. COFFEE PREPARED IN DALLAS (OK- IT’S STILL STARBUCKS)
LIKE CHICAGO’S DEEP DISH PIZZA VS. NEW YORK’S PIZZA PIE…
CAN YOU GUESS THESE CITIES? REMEMBER YOUR “MENTAL MAPS”
Seattle
Chicago
San Francisco
New York City
Los Angeles
Washington DC
St. Louis
Dallas

22. We are a "Melting Pot" of peoples
European and Asian Immigration since 1840s
English colonization on the east coast (orig. 13 colonies)- spread to West coast over time. (Manifest Destiny)
Major push in 1910s and post WWII from all over the world
Modern immigration from Latin America (esp. Mexico)

23. Impacts of migration on the region
Originally from overseas, foreign cultures have migrated to the United States/ Canada.
Language- places have become bi-lingual
Religious freedoms and different religions enter the areas.
Multiple customs/traditions= blending of cultures
Changes of the cultural landscapes (monuments, buildings, different styles of homes, businesses, places of worship)

24. Acid rain, ozone depletion
Water pollution (esp. Chicago on Lake Michigan, Detroit with the auto productions, & other urban centers with heavy pollution. There are even industrial spills like the Exxon Valdez along the Alaskan Coast or the oil refineries explosion in Texas.
Increased population on the coasts "Eastern Megalopolis" from Boston to Va. Beach. Urban areas have large employment opportunities

25. The Future of the region. : We’re Post-Industrial
The Future of the region?: We’re Post-Industrial!! We’ll have increasing "Clean Industries" (NAFTA labor)
Will we maintain a World presence?: YES through UN, NATO, military presence
What do YOU think will happen in the future?

26. Cultural Landscape of the United States and Canada

27. U. S. Capitol building in Washington, DC

28. Capital building in Richmond

29. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA

30. Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA
Site of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

31. St. Louis Arch in St. Louis, MO. Gateway to westward expansion

32. Wheat fields in north central USA and south central Canada

33. Skyscrapers in larger U. S. cities

34. Shopping Malls are found in every large city in the U. S. A