CHAPTER 7 SECTION 2The South

Linking Climate to Vegetation

Location- closer to the Equator makes it warmer than other regions farther north- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea bring precipitation to most of region (Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida)

Linking Climate to Vegetation

The warm/wet climate produces…- Mangroves- tropical trees that grow in swampy ground along coastal areas.- Bayous- marshy inlets of lakes and rivers of Louisiana

Linking Climate to Vegetation

- Everglades- a large area of swampland covered in places with tall grass

Linking Climate to Vegetation

Semiarid Climate- the farther west you move within South, the less average precipitation- Oklahoma/Texas - prairies

Linking Climate, History, and Agriculture

Rich Fertile Soil- Native American groups (Cherokee) grew maize, melons, squash- Europeans migrated to area/built plantations/enslavement- to grow rice, cotton, etc.

* First permanent European settlements were located in South

Linking Resources to Industrypage 163

Textile Mills- What do they produce?- Where are they built

Oil Industry - Where did the oil industry begin in the south?- What is the leading source of industrial income?

Linking Resources to Industry

1840’s - Textile Mills- built on the fall line- an imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain- where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from plateau to coastal plain- produce a variety of fabrics (Carolinas)

Linking Resources to Industry

1901- Oil Industry

- began in eastern Texas- largest oil reserves located in this

region

Petrochemical Industry-leading source of industrial income

A Changing Region Continued Growth of Industry

- Not all industry was related to agriculture.- New industries started to develop in Florida, Alabama, Texas (ex: the space industry)- Other industries moved/migrated to the south.

A Changing Regionpage 164

Why did the South attract business?1.2.3.

A Changing Region South attracted businesses for several

reasons..- industrial plants were newer, better condition, more efficient- new factories could be built on land that was cheaper (than land in the megalopolis of the Northeast)- labor unions less common (cheaper labor costs)

A Changing Region The Sunbelt

- because of the South’s mild climate- this region has grown into a large retirement and tourism center- The sunbelt- is a band of southern states from the Carolinas to southern California (*is actually overlaps two regions- the South and the West*)

Southern Population Major Cities

- New Orleans (major trading center near the mouth of the Mississippi River)

- Miami (gateway to Caribbean and South America)

- Georgia (airlines)- Houston, Texas (National

Aeronautics and Space Administration –NASA). Also center for oil and banking industries

Southern Population Major Cities

- Washington D.C.- not located in any state but in a district- carved from the states of Maryland and Virginia- chosen as nation’s capital in 1790