1. Unit 2 Review

3. Louisiana Purchase ► In 1803, the United States nearly doubled in size when the government purchased the vast plains region between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains from France. This territory became know as the Louisiana Purchase

4. Postindustrial Economy ► The American Economy is driven by service industries. 3 out of 4 Americans work in this area of our economic sector. ► Name a few service-related jobs?  Information Processing  Finance  Medicine  Transportation  Education

5. Question : Comprehension ► Describe three things the U.S is #1 in? ► #1 In agricultural products, manufactured goods, and global trade.

6. The World’s Greatest Economic Power ► #1 In agricultural products, manufactured goods, and global trade. ► U.S. accounts for more than 10% of the world’s exports.

7. Agricultural ► Identify what makes the U.S farmlands so rich? ► Fertile soil, favorable climate, the early mechanization (technology). ► Think about the word Postindustrial Economy- What do you conceive that word to mean?

8. How is this an example of diffusion? 80% of Americans live in cities or surrounding suburbs. Americans moved first from rural areas to cities and then from cities to suburbs. How was this shift to live in suburbs possible? Because of the ownership of automobiles.

9. Landforms & Resources  Continental Divide: marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward & westward  Mississippi River: The continents longest and busiest river system. Empties into the Gulf of Mexico.  Mackenzie River: Canada’s longest river

10. What climate does not exist in the U.S?

11. Human – Environment Interaction ► Overcoming Distances  When the Europeans arrived and settled on the east coast they began to move inland. They carved out trails including the Oregon and Santa Fe trails. They built networks of canals and North America’s most important deepwater ship route – the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ships were raised and lowered some 600 feet by a series of locks, (page 129)sections of waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised and lowered. The seaway enables huge, oceangoing vessels to sail into the heartland of North America.  Why did they create this system?

12. ► What is Urban Sprawl ► What is the main concern for people against Urban Sprawl?

13. ► 31 Questions ► 13 questions from the last test!